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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 (
Joonas Hänninen, Anne Kouvonen, Hilla Sumanen   +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 ...
Brendan Shannon, Sascha Baldry, Peter O’Meara, Nicole Foster, Angela Martin, Matthew Cook, Karen Stewart, Alecka Miles   +7 more
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Paramedic attitudes and experiences working as a community paramedic: a qualitative survey [PDF]

BMC Emergency Medicine
Background Community paramedicine (CP) is an extension of the traditional paramedic role, where paramedics provide non-acute care to patients in non-emergent conditions.
Aarani Paramalingam, Andrea Ziesmann, Melissa Pirrie, Francine Marzanek, Ricardo Angeles, Gina Agarwal   +5 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.
Agarwal, Gina, Keenan, Amelia, Pirrie, Melissa, Marzanek-Lefebvre, Francine   +3 more
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Machine Learning-Based Models for Prediction of Critical Illness at Community, Paramedic, and Hospital Stages [PDF]

Emergency Medicine International, 2023
Overcrowding of emergency department (ED) has put a strain on national healthcare systems and adversely affected the clinical outcomes of critically ill patients.
Sijin Lee, Hyun Ji Park, Jumi Hwang, Sung Woo Lee, Kap Su Han, Won Young Kim, Jinwoo Jeong, Hyunggoo Kang, Armi Kim, Chulung Lee, Su Jin Kim   +10 more
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Emergency Medical Services Professionals’ Attitudes About Community Paramedic Programs [PDF]

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 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
Robert J. Steeps, Denise A. Wilfong, Michael W. Hubble, Daniel L. Bercher   +3 more
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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
Murcot, Pauline, Williams, Brett, Morgans, Amee, Boyle, Malcolm   +3 more
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Supporting paramedic sleep and fatigue: a qualitative exploration of education considerations from the early-career paramedic perspective [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research
Background Poor sleep and fatigue are common among paramedics, with negative implications for the safety and well-being of paramedics and the community. Targeted education can support sleep and fatigue outcomes, however knowledge relating to the optimal ...
Sian E. Wanstall, Anjum Naweed, Brandon W. J. Brown, Meagan E. Crowther, Robert J. Adams, Amy C. Reynolds   +5 more
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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, Stephanie Sison, Kimberly Eisenstock, Kouta Ito, Sarah McGee, Xhenifer Mele, Israel Del Poza, Michael Hall, Abbey Smiley, Julie Inzerillo, Kerri Kinsella, Apurv Soni, Eric Dickson, John P. Broach, David D. McManus   +14 more
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders and Burnout Syndrome among Community Paramedic Staff [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Health Care, 2021
Background: Community health nursing specialties is continuously changed andupdated according to the community needs, ambulance paramedics staff is one of thespecialties in community health nursing, and they play a vital role in emergencies evenat home ...
Neama Yousef Mohamed, Doaa Abd El Salam Amin Yacout, Hanan Hosni El Sherbini   +2 more
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