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.
CPs should have extensive prehospital experience and a strong network of peers in related disciplines
A new program in Ontario is training paramedics to care for palliative patients
Gainesville Fire Rescue’s Krista Ott and David Sutton share how to tell your story to stakeholders
Hospitals consider paying for community paramedicine to avoid patient readmissions
EMS educator Bledsoe discusses when is it acceptable to deviate from protocols, and the role of community paramedicine in the future
Proper assessment, treatment, and transport of patients with sepsis saves lives
A wife struggling to manage medication for her husband reminds me that I wish we could do more, maybe through community paramedicine, for our patients
Two paramedics received training to visit patients’ homes as part of a program to reduce high-frequency utilizers and hospital readmission rates
A national survey by the NAEMT found 81 percent of agencies reported program success in reducing 911 calls
Understand the capabilities of specialty teams in your region and how to activate them to save lives
The pilot program, started for under $100,000, will target 35 residents with chronic illness
About 30 medics are receiving training to make house calls to chronically ill, frequent 911 callers as part of new community paramedicince program
During this difficult time, a new paradigm has emerged: the mobile care program concept
Through home visits to patients, in about a year the community paramedicine program has helped some go from calling 911 at least twice a month to not at all
Ryan Brothers Ambulance Service is working with local doctors and a Minn. technical college to create a community paramedicine training program in Madison
Mesa Fire’s Transitional Response Vehicle model allows medics to provide care without transporting to the hospital, or by transporting to an alternative location through local partnerships
Proper assessment, treatment, and transport of patients with severe trauma saves lives, here’s how
Local partnerships and community support are the keys to success for Lake Havasu City (Ariz.) Fire Department’s program focusing on reducing patient readmission rates
A proposed bill would allow EMS responders to treat a patient on site and still be reimbursed for their services even if the patient isn’t transported to a hospital
Responders believe an informational packet with recovery resources, along with a home outreach program, will help addicts recover
Medicare and Medicaid must change reimbursement policies to keep community paramedicine programs from collapsing
The Wake County EMS 6-year-old pilot project saved Medicaid about $500,000 in hospital and related costs during a recent 12-month period
Dr. Brent Meyers to become chief medical officer of Evolution Health, a community paramedic service that makes house calls and provides other preventive medical services
Frequent users are better defined as ‘vulnerable adults’ and EMS has an opportunity to connect them to available community resources
The proposed legislation defines “community health” services and gives EMS more flexibility when deciding where to transport patients
