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Community paramedic practice: an Australian perspective

International Journal for Advancing Practice, 2023
Sam Willis, Simon Menz and Paul Grant discuss the development of the community paramedic role and explore how it has evolved to meet contextual and community demands across Australia
Sam Willis, Simon Menz, Paul Grant
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Expanding Paramedic Scope of Practice in the Community: A Systematic Review of the Literature

Prehospital Emergency Care, 2013
Paramedics are an important health human resource and are uniquely mobile in most communities across Canada. In the last dozen years, challenges in the delivery of health care have prompted governments from around the globe to consider expanding the role paramedics play in health systems.
Blair L, Bigham, Sioban M, Kennedy, Ian, Drennan, Laurie J, Morrison   +3 more
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Paramedics’ perspectives of the community paramedic role in Ontario

International Paramedic Practice, 2023
Background: Community paramedicine (CP) expands the paramedic role to emergency call prevention, yet little research has examined paramedics’ perspectives of CP. Aims: This study sought to explore paramedics’ views regarding the CP role and training. Methods: A cross-sectional, web-based survey of Ontario paramedics measured perceptions, support and ...
Gina Agarwal, Melissa Pirrie, Ricardo Angeles, Francine Marzanek, Amelia Keenan, Brent McLeod, Krista Cockerell, Buck Reed   +7 more
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Community paramedics' perception of their roles in community paramedicine programs

2021
Community Paramedicine (CP) is an evolving care model that expands paramedic roles to a focus on non-emergent and preventive health services tailored to local community needs. Though acceptance of CP is gradually increasing, there is limited research on how community paramedics (CPs) perceive their expanded roles.
Okoh, Chinyere Mma, 0000-0002-1514-8476
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Paramedic Clinical Consults with a Paramedic or Nurse in an EMS Communications Center Compared to Traditional Online Physician Consults

Prehospital Emergency Care, 2022
In many emergency medical services (EMS) systems, a direct medical oversight physician is available to paramedics for mandatory and/or elective consultations. At the time of this study, a clinical support desk (CSD) was being implemented within the medical communications center of a provincial EMS system in addition to the physician resource.
Jan L. Jensen, Fahd Al-Dhalaan, Jennifer Rose, Alix Carter, Jennifer McVey, Francine Butts, Terence Hawco, Peter Rose, Andrew H. Travers   +8 more
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Conserving Quality of Life through Community Paramedics

Healthcare Quarterly, 2017
The Economic Value of Community Paramedicine Programs Study was a randomized controlled trial in two Eastern Ontario communities ߝ one urban and one rural ߝ to determine whether community paramedicine services (the intervention through home visits) would have a positive economic impact through influencing self-perceived quality of life and determining ...
Christopher, Ashton, Denise, Duffie, Jeffrey, Millar   +2 more
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Listening and communication styles of undergraduate paramedic students

Journal of Paramedic Practice, 2011
There is a need to identify if current undergraduate paramedic students have the appropriate attributes to ensure they are effective listeners and communicators and whether additional or specific elements need to be added to the paramedic curriculum.
Malcolm Boyle, Brett Williams, Ted Brown, Andrew Molly, Lisa McKenna, Claire Palermo, Liz Molloy   +6 more
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Video or Telephone? A Natural Experiment on the Added Value of Video Communication in Community Paramedic Responses

Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2021
The objective of this study was to determine the effect of video versus telephonic communication between community paramedics and online medical control physicians on odds of patient transport to a hospital emergency department (ED).This was a retrospective analysis of data from a telemedicine-capable community paramedicine program operating within an ...
Karen A, Abrashkin, Jonathan D, Washko, Timmy, Li, Jonathan, Berkowitz, Asantewaa, Poku, Jenny, Zhang, Kristofer L, Smith, Karin V, Rhodes   +7 more
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The impact of paramedics on out-of-hospital cardiac arrests in a rural community

Prehospital Emergency Care, 1998
To determine whether paramedics influence the outcome of cardiac arrest patients in a rural area.Retrospective analysis of cardiorespiratory arrest patients in rural southeast Alaska from 1987 to 1996.Paramedics treated 37 patients and advanced life support emergency medical technicians (EMT-IIIs) treated 34 patients.
W E, Kriegsman, S E, Mace
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Prehospital Identification of Underlying Coronary Artery Disease by Community Paramedics

Prehospital Emergency Care, 2015
There is a lack of definitive evidence that preventative, in-home medical care provided by highly trained community paramedics reduces acute health care utilization and improves the overall well-being of patients suffering from chronic diseases. The Expanding Paramedicine in the Community (EPIC) trial is a randomized controlled trial designed to ...
Martina, Heinelt, Ian R, Drennan, Jinbaek, Kim, Steven, Lucas, Kyle, Grant, Chris, Spearen, Walter, Tavares, Lina, Al-Imari, Jane, Philpott, Paul, Hoogeveen, Laurie J, Morrison   +10 more
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