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Community Paramedicine: Where Does The Fire Service Fit In?

Pulsara

Fire departments can also apply this line of thinking to the individual residents in their community by developing a community paramedicine program. While we are using the term “community paramedicine” for simplicity, there are other similar terms, including “mobile integrated health” and “community integrated health.”]

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Community Paramedicine and the Fire Service: Making Your Plan Work

Pulsara

Now that you’ve developed the initial groundwork, these next steps are key to finding success The fire service is pivotal in caring for their community’s underserved population. Introducing a community paramedicine program allows public safety to dynamically meet those needs. If you lead the change, it means you’re a disruptor.

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How to Become a Community Paramedic

Unitek EMT

Explore the educational pathway, skills, and opportunities in community paramedicine. Community Paramedicine represents a transformative approach to healthcare delivery, particularly in underserved or rural areas where access to healthcare services is often limited.

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An International Community Paramedic Career Structure

International Journal of Paramedicine

Introduction - Internationally, prehospital workers practice in a wide range of community paramedicine roles. It can be unclear where community paramedics fit within existing paramedicine career structures and their professional capabilities are sometimes ill-defined or misunderstood.

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How Ute Pass’ MIH program centers care around the patient

ESO

 “Integrating community paramedicine into our community has helped give a voice to people that have historically been marginalized.” I hear people that often feel unheard and helping them find the access to care that they deserve as a basic human right is meaningful to me.”

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Ep. 141 Vol 28 No 1

Prehospital Emergency Care Podcast

We talk about engaging manuscripts in this journal like: Mobile Integrated Health Care Roles of US EMS Clinicians: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study & A Systematic Review of Methodologies and Outcome Measures of Mobile Integrated Health-Community Paramedicine Programs Click here to download it today!

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A Cross-Sectional Analysis of ALS/ BLS Care in Low Acuity 9-1-1 Response by Geography and Insurance Status Utilizing the 2019 NEMSIS Dataset

International Journal of Paramedicine

As such, EMS programs like community paramedicine, could be potentially effective interventions to close gaps in access to care for rural residents. Discussion. These results potentially highlight that rural areas utilize less emergency medical response resources in low acuity responses.

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