Community Paramedic Program

Community-based health care in which paramedics provide alternative to family doctor, walk-in clinic, or emergency department * provides preventative, at-home health care visits * focuses on reducing avoidable use of emergency and ambulance services * helps older adults and vulnerable, at-risk people live safely in their homes * services include:

• health and medical risk assessments
• chronic disease management
• medication management
• care coordination with primary care providers and other agencies
• referral to community programs and resources
• remote patient monitoring
• point of care testing (blood draws/tests, urinalysis testing, INR tests, and A1C testing)
• Plolia injections (PT provides medication)
• B-12 injections