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.
Host Chris Cebollero speaks with Magee about the role of volunteers in EMS and how they can stop the exodus from the field
Sunny Wescott, lead meteorologist for the Department of Homeland Security’s CISA, identifies community risks
By working on prescription compliance, smoking cessation and other risk factors, community medics can make a difference in the lives of stroke patients
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Leading the charge to combat COVID-19, promote telehealth and advance the EMS agenda, while prioritizing patients and staff
Our co-hosts discuss the new American Heart Association 2020 guidelines recently released in October
Williamson County community health paramedics will assess infection control and responses in at least 40 nursing homes and assisted living facilities now allowing visitors
The Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems is accepting public comment on the drafted standards, which will be implemented in 2022
Austin-Travis County EMS Paramedic Practitioner Travis Baker has spent the last year treating hundreds of homeless and low-income patients in place
EMS1 talks with Pulsara’s Kris Kaull about the importance of communication, how to improve it with the right technology, and how the role of EMS in the overall healthcare landscape is changing
Technology adoption, provider resiliency and preparedness: Interpreting the EMS Trend Report 2020
Address your patients’ needs through outreach, wellness and navigation
Douglas F. Kupas, MD, FAEMS, FACEP, began his 40-year EMS career as a volunteer at age 16
How to identify, onboard and manage community paramedics to succeed in their unique role in improving community health
Six members of the Kanawha County Emergency Ambulance Authority’s Special Operations Team stayed behind to continue relief efforts after Hurricane Laura
ET3, Telemedicine and PPE were on the agenda during a 2-day virtual meeting
The ET3 model and the COVID-19 are influencing a move away from 911 transport to the ED, and toward autonomy for EMS providers
“Community paramedics hold a unique skill set to address the overlapping mental, medical and social conditions that homeless individuals may be presenting”
Rowan County will use relief funds to help transition paramedics to COVID-19-focused work for four months
While COVID-19 cases have surged, EMS run volumes have dwindled as people are legitimately scared of going to the hospital
Mayor London Breed has proposed $17 million to fund the teams, which will include paramedics and behavioral health experts, for two years
CP/MIH provides outreach, promotes wellness and navigates patients into and through the healthcare system as part of a greater objective – community risk reduction
The community paramedicine pilot has demonstrated that expanding paramedics’ job capacities can meaningfully reduce pressure on emergency department services
NEMSIS-TAC and PWW produce definitive guidance on HIPAA – essential to aid the progression of MIH
With EMS run volume down 25% or more in many communities, how can EMTs and paramedics help in schools with COVID-19 screening, role modeling healthy behavior and teaching life-saving skills?
Paramedics, nurses and support team members will provide care to patients at home under the direction of Mayo Clinic physicians
Our co-hosts sit down with EMS1 columnist Rob Lawrence to discuss how EMS is rising to meet the challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic
Ensure the continued success of MIH/CP programs by developing a personal succession plan for your successor
The proposal would create a program to dispatch medics and crisis workers to mental health calls
EMS leaders interpret the results of the 2020 EMS Trend Report in light of COVID-19 and what it means for the future workforce
Breaking down the National EMS Assessment 2020 insights on telehealth, health information exchange and disaster preparedness
The sites will be set up in neighborhoods where many first responders live as well as in hard-hit African-American and Hispanic neighborhoods
Telehealth applications can reduce unnecessary exposure and better utilize EMS resources
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