Community Paramedicine
Access our Community Paramedicine directory, offering valuable information on innovative models of care that extend the role of paramedics beyond emergency response. This collection includes articles on preventive care, chronic disease management, and partnerships with healthcare providers to deliver comprehensive care in the community. Understanding community paramedicine is key to improving public health and reducing hospital admissions. For more related content, visit our section on Integrated Care. Stay informed and explore the future of EMS with our resources on community paramedicine.
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The medical center is the first in the state and aims to fill the void in the area’s public health care
AMR Ventura County receives award from American Ambulance Association for a community paramedicine initiative
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The vehicle will respond to calls for nonlife-threatening injuries such as minor falls, cuts and bites
The new programs focus on assisting non-urgent patients at home and reducing hospital readmissions
The program follows a new state law that allows medics and EMTs to function in nonemergency roles
The program will focus on treating chronic medical conditions and assist patients before they need to call 911
Paramedics in 12 communities make house calls to tend to less time-sensitive needs
Using an innovative communication platform, a primary stroke center improved the quality of care for stroke patients
A community resource specialist will go to peoples’ homes to help them identify hazards
The grant-funded program assists patients in their homes after they have been discharged from the hospital
Proper assessment, treatment, and transport of patients with traumatic brain injury saves lives, here’s how
The grant will fund a community paramedicine program and the purchase of new equipment
The award-winning EMS innovation serves a seasonal patient population surge by leveraging cops trained as medics
Medics give medications to TB sufferers, assist hospice patients and assess heart failure to prevent a crisis rather than responding to one
Patients visit a downtown office, where a community paramedic helps them manage their health after surgeries, and better care for chronic conditions like diabetes
A pilot program where medics make house calls was made permanent, and the department will deploy a mobile unit for low priority calls
Good Shepherd Medical Center recently adopted a new approach to stroke care—one that reduced their overall response time significantly without any other changes to their operating procedures
A novel approach to a problem faced by medical centers all over the world: Which clock are you looking at? If you’re in EMS, it’s a simple question with complex consequences.
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The year-long pilot program sends a nurse practitioner to treat patients on scene who don’t need transport to the hospital
Experienced leaders of U.S.-based community paramedic programs answered questions about the current state and future of community paramedicine
The acquisition enhances mobile integrated healthcare capabilities and creates opportunities for AMR to partner with fire departments and local government
From the NIH to the Cincinnati stroke scale, RACE or the Los Angeles Motor Score, stroke scales are a work in progress
On the 10th year of the Pinnacle EMS Leadership Forum Fitch reflects on the era of big data, community paramedicine, and EMS provider health and wellness
Priority Ambulance medic makes non-emergent home visits to visit patients and prevent emergency department transports
The specially-equipped ambulance is outfitted with supplies found in an urgent care center, and a nurse will treat non-urgent medical calls that would otherwise result in a hospital transport
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