Paramedicine
This year’s survey touches on topics such as lights and sirens usage and treatment-in-place adoption, as well as recruitment and retention initiatives
A new Las Cruces, New Mexico, program aims to better serve community members experiencing mental health emergencies
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
Officials say poor lighting and the patient’s heavy clothing and struggle with police made it difficult to accurately estimate his weight
Funding
The Stockton Fire Department plans to train more of its firefighters as paramedics through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant
The FDNY nominated the paramedics for the Daily News Hometown Heroes award for saving the unconscious man from lethal CO exposure
A city board rescinded layoff notices for the paramedics after the chief sought to replace them with firefighter-paramedics
The Mobile Integrated Health program sends specially trained paramedics to check in on patients recently discharged from the hospital
The Wall of Fame plaque displays the names of more than 100 current and former fire department paramedics
Paramedic Dann Schamens was “pulseless and not breathing” before colleagues began life-saving measures, EMS officials said
The pilot program seeks to help provide community members with access to healthcare and social support before emergencies arise
The program, which was set to run out of funding in January, has helped reduce ambulance runs while providing non-emergency medical care to those in need
The Akron Fire Department is launching a paramedicine program to offer free, in-home consultations to help residents and reduce non-emergency calls
Maplewood first responders teamed up to create the program in response to the escalating mental health crisis
Birmingham community paramedicine program identifies individuals with needs in order to reduce unnecessary future calls taxing the system
911
Last year, the Chattanooga Fire Department received 1,320 calls for non-emergency citizen assists, which include lift assists
The Community Resource Paramedic program is a collaborative effort between the fire department and other area organizations that aims to reduce 911 calls and hospital visits
Certified community paramedics are improving patient health care and reducing costs through community home visits
Seventeen people who came within inches of losing their lives were reunited Tuesday with the FDNY paramedics and EMTs who saved them.
The team will respond to calls involving people dealing with behavioral crises, substance-abuse issues, chronic or less-acute medical issues and social-services needs
Data analysis is important to evaluating MIH programs, but it will never show the whole picture of community paramedicine success
The county will pay $7,600 for Bobby Bohn’s school, and will also pay him to take 1,200 hours of classes, 450 hours of ambulance rides and hospital hours
Leadership
Becoming an effective public speaker can elevate the success of your fire department, EMS crew or community paramedicine program
Baltimore City Fire Department officials hope the pilot program will reduce strains on first responders and emergency rooms
Officials approved a $75,000 settlement for a claim filed by the son of the deceased man Bellingham Fire Department staff practiced endotracheal intubations on
Denzel Adonis, a graduate of FDNY High School class of 2011, was one of 50 paramedics who walked across the stage after a seven-year journey to fulfill his dream
Union president Ronald Glass argued the Orlando Fire Department should be hiring more firefighters, who can provide medical services and respond to fires
Prior to the program launch, the 10 firefighter-paramedics on staff were not allowed to perform ALS and had to wait for an ambulance and crew to arrive
IAFC First Vice President Chief Gary Ludwig discusses how to make sure your community paramedicine funding doesn’t run short
Teaming up with local colleges can bring your community paramedicine program expert assistance today while paving the way for progress tomorrow
To bring more recruits into Springfield Fire-Rescue, the department is no longer requiring applicants to be at a paramedic status
Budget
Reading Fire Department Chief William Stoudt said a lot of the costs are associated with an inability to recruit and keep paramedics
Great Falls amended their policy of sending paramedics to every call so that they can free up enough responders to provide ALS coverage to outside districts
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