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.
6 intentional ways to reduce the emotional burden on patients and paramedics
Funding and resources are available for EMS to improve community health with oral care clinics, screenings
Discover essential tools to help individuals with limited mobility navigate daily life more easily and securely
Wapello County officials look at supervisors, property tax levy and community paramedicine to fix EMS struggles
For the last two years, the Portland Street Response sent mental health workers and EMTs instead of police to people experiencing a mental health emergency
Monadnock鈥檚 Mobile Integrated Healthcare program started in response to the pandemic and is the busiest in the state
Topsham Fire Rescue program will focus on seniors and non-emergency calls
Calif. voters want behavioral health professionals to respond to non-life-threatening 911 calls
Educating the public about when it is appropriate to call EMS 鈥� and how quickly we should get there
Bill would prohibit the State Board of Health from requiring a college degree for licensure as a paramedic
Agencies and government officials must evaluate performance expectations and funding to determine appropriate EMS delivery models
The agency gets paid whether its crews care for patients at home, or transport them to a clinic or an ED
Paramedic says co-response program 鈥渋s allowing us to become more human with one another鈥�
The Crawfordsville Fire Department uses the secure key vaults to access seniors鈥� homes with minimal damage during emergencies
Community paramedics also receive training in areas such as primary care, public health, disease management and mental health
Social workers and EMS personnel will provide a sustained continuum of care for residents
Finally, reimbursement for community paramedic home visits on the horizon
A new Las Cruces, New Mexico, program aims to better serve community members experiencing mental health emergencies
How the latest partnerships between EMS and digital health providers are giving patients faster access to high-quality care through mobile integrated health
A Colorado Springs officer and a paramedic held Kevin Dizmang on the ground after they saw him walking in the middle of a street, speaking unintelligibly
EMS providers are dispatched to the patient鈥檚 location to treat non-life-threatening conditions
Learn how MedStar made the jump to an on-demand subscription service that utilizes MIH/CP clinicians
Nagel helped develop ALS and the country鈥檚 first paramedicine program, held leadership roles through the 1980s and was an adviser for 鈥淓mergency!鈥�
The International Journal of Paramedicine aims to present research relevant to patient care and the advancement of paramedicine
6 helpful tips from the Seminole County (Fla.) Fire Department
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鈥檚 Krista Ott and David Sutton share how to tell your story to stakeholders
It is in our healthcare system gaps in coverage where the community paramedic lives and can show their worth
Boulder鈥檚 plan for lower acuity calls resembles those in several other states and is expected to reduce the city鈥檚 call volume by 8% to 10%
As two Walla Walla paramedics continue to serve the initiative in its second year, the fire department and hospital say they have seen cost savings
