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Community Paramedic

What is Community Paramedic?

It’s a simple concept: Connect underutilized resources to underserved populations. In this case, we’re expanding the roles of EMS workers to provide health services where access to physicians, clinics and/or hospitals is difficult or may not exist. The Community Paramedic Program is organic. It exists for the sole purpose of serving the needs of a particular community. Its success relies heavily on collaboration among local stakeholders:

  • The people who live or travel in medically underserved rural and remote locales;
  • Elected officials whose charge it is to maintain the physical and fiscal health of a community;
  • Health department officials, clinic and hospital administrators, who assess needs and manage resources in order to provide the range of services to meet those needs.
  • Colleges and universities that train our nation’s first responders are core to the Community Paramedic Program.

***To request a NO COST ride-along please email kcreek at ecparamedics.com, fill out the contact form on the side of this page, or call our office 970-926-5270***
Similar initiatives in the United States and around the world have generated remarkable results. We visited many of them. Today’s Community Paramedic Program combines all of the best practices and lessons learned from these programs.

Community Paramedic is Now Seeing Patients!

Please ask your physician or medical provider to have a Community Paramedic visit free of charge! Call our office to find out more information: 970.926.5270

Training:

Community Paramedic Course were completed in 2010 and 2012. In conjuction with Colorado Mountain College Eagle County Paramedic Services was the second class anywhere in the world to use the curriculum from the North Central EMS Institute.

The third version of this curriculum is completed and available now for any accredited college or university. Classes will be starting again in Q1 of 2014 and will be a hybrid type class. For more information or to request the curriculum go to CommunityParamedic.org

Start a Community Paramedic in Your Service

Why is Community Paramedic Important?

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Grantor Amount

  • Colorado Dept. Of Health And Environment, EMTS: $170,000
  • Colorado Health Foundation: $225,000
  • Caring For Colorado: $50,000
  • Eagle County: $18,700

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  • Community Paramedic Program Page
  • International Roundtable On Community Paramedicine

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Click Here to see our presentation and power point about Community Paramedic
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Up Front Peter Runyon Community Paramedics Program
Eagle County Commissioner Peter Runyon speaks to Western Eagle County Ambulance District Chief Chris Montera, Eagle County Nurse Manager Anne Robinson and WECAD Community Paramedic Kevin Creek about the launch of the Community Paramedic Program pilot program in Eagle County. September 24, 2010

Documents

Local Talking Points: Jan 2012
National Talking Points: Jan 2012
Physician Talking Points: Jan 2012
Fact Sheet: May 2010

Community Paramedics In the News

  • Durango Herald: 1/2012
  • Wcf Courier - Iowa: 1/2012
  • KJCT 8 Grand Junction Coverage: 11/ 2011
  • CBS Coverage: 10/2011
  • New York Times: 9/2011
  • Health Leaders Media: 9/2011
  • Msnbc.Com: 9/2011
  • Health Policy Blog: 8/2011
  • Modern Health Care: 8/2011
  • Vail Daily: 7/2011
  • Vail Daily: 9/2010
  • Ems On The Hill: 6/2010
  • Ems Insider: 1/2010
  • Denver Post: 12/2010
  • Eagle Valley Enterprise: 11/2009
  • Vail Mountaineer: 10/ 2009

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Emergency Medical Services, more commonly known as EMS, is an essential public service. You can easily recognize EMS when you see ambulances and medical helicopters responding to incidents in our community, but EMS is much more than emergency medical response and transport. EMS is part of an intricate system of agencies and organizations; communications and transportation networks; trauma systems, as well as hospitals, trauma centers, and specialty care centers; rehabilitation facilities; and highly trained professionals —including volunteer and career prehospital personnel, physicians, nurses, therapists, administrators, government officials and an informed public that knows what to do in a medical emergency. Each player in the EMS system has an essential job to perform as part of a coordinated system of care.  —Adapted from NHTSA

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