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Patients Seeking Retreatment after Community Paramedic Assessment and Treatment: Piloting a Community Paramedic Unit Program in Southwest Finland [PDF]

Nursing Reports, 2020
Community paramedic (CP) units are becoming more popular in enhancing a person’s access to the need for care assessment and treatment in acute but non-life-threatening health issues. Simultaneously CP units can reduce the strain on emergency departments (
Anne Maria Kouvonen, Hilla Nordquist, Joonas Hänninen   +2 more
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The definition of a community paramedic: An international consensus

Paramedicine, 2023
Community paramedicine is a globally evolving model of care where paramedics provide community-based, preventative and primary healthcare services. With increased global interest and adaptation of the community paramedicine model, there is a lack of a ...
Peter O'Meara, Brendan Shannon, Angela Martin   +2 more
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Paramedic attitudes and experiences working as a community paramedic: a qualitative survey. [PDF]

BMC Emerg Med
Background Community paramedicine (CP) is an extension of the traditional paramedic role, where paramedics provide non-acute care to patients in non-emergent conditions.
Paramalingam A, Ziesmann A, Pirrie M, Marzanek F, Angeles R, Agarwal G.   +5 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Community perceptions of the professional status of the paramedic discipline

International Paramedic Practice, 2014
Background: Despite proactive steps towards professionalism, the Australian out-of-hospital emergency care sector has not been formally recognised as a healthcare profession among other healthcare professions and Government bodies. The objective of this study was to examine community perceptions of the ‘professional’ status of the paramedic discipline
Brett Williams, Amee Elizabeth Morgans, Malcolm Boyle   +2 more
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Integrating community paramedicine with primary health care: a qualitative study of community paramedic views [PDF]

CMAJ Open, 2022
Community paramedicine (CP) is an emerging model of care that addresses local health needs through programs led by community paramedics; however, CP remains poorly defined and appears to lack systematic integration with the broader health system, specifically primary care, within which it is seated.
Gina Agarwal, Melissa Pirrie
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Machine Learning-Based Models for Prediction of Critical Illness at Community, Paramedic, and Hospital Stages. [PDF]

Emerg Med Int, 2023
Overcrowding of emergency department (ED) has put a strain on national healthcare systems and adversely affected the clinical outcomes of critically ill patients.
Lee S, Park HJ, Hwang J, Lee SW, Han KS, Kim WY, Jeong J, Kang H, Kim A, Lee C, Kim SJ.   +10 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Emergency Medical Services Professionals' Attitudes About Community Paramedic Programs. [PDF]

West J Emerg Med, 2017
Introduction: The number of community paramedic (CP) programs has expanded to mitigate the impact of increased patient usage on emergency services. However, it has not been determined to what extent emergency medical services (EMS) professionals would be
Steeps RJ, Wilfong DA, Hubble MW, Bercher DL.   +3 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

"It's more than just blood pressure and stitches": a critical examination of paramedic services from the perspectives of intimate partner violence advocates. [PDF]

BMC Health Serv Res
Background As a detrimental and persistent criminal, social, and health issue, intimate partner violence (IPV) is a severe threat to the well-being of survivors.
Marshall RA, Stranges TN, Merritt N, Gorman K, Bartlett S, Sawyer S, van Donkelaar P.   +6 more
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Research on the road: Partnering with community emergency medical services to expand access to clinical trials. [PDF]

J Clin Transl Sci
Traditional site-based clinical trials impose substantial logistical burdens that limit participation among individuals with geographic, mobility, transportation, and socioeconomic constraints, thereby undermining research equity and generalizability ...
O'Connor L, Ulintz A, Rowe J, Lindenauer PK, Soni A.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Paramedic-Assisted Community Evaluation After Discharge: The PACED Intervention

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association
Early rehospitalization of frail older adults after hospital discharge is harmful to patients and challenging to hospitals. Mobile integrated health (MIH) programs may be an effective solution for delivering community-based transitional care. The objective of this study was to assess the feasibility and implementation of an MIH transitional care ...
Laurel O'Connor, Eric Dickson
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