paramedicine
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- noun
- /ˌpærəˈmɛdɪsɪn/
- Specialized
- The paramedicine team arrived quickly to provide care to the injured hiker at the base of the mountain.
- community paramedicine
- paramedicine program
- paramedicine pilot
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Maine's community paramedicine initiative can help fill a gap in the healthcare needs for this population, with the majority of the Maine community paramedicine pilot sites located in rural areas.
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By examining the structural and operational functions of United Ambulance's community paramedicine program, other EMS organizations may find ways to build or enhance their own community paramedicine efforts.
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Nationally, community paramedicine programs are being asked to show value by providing data on the cost benefits of their programs.
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An additional area for future research is to look at the difference between rural and urban areas in the provision of community paramedicine programs.
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Table 2 below provides an overview of the services the 12 Maine Community Paramedicine pilot sites provide.
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Each pilot project designated a staff person as the community paramedicine coordinator.
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Stakeholders and partners are critically important in the development and implementation of community paramedicine efforts.
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At the national level, efforts are underway to develop a standard process for tracking and reporting uniform measurements related to community paramedicine.
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While the overarching goals are to align with the Triple Aim, piloting a community paramedicine program also allows each community to develop and implement a program tailored to the healthcare needs of their specific community.
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Community paramedicine programs offer essential emergency medical care to patients before they reach a hospital.
Synonyms
Medical care given by paramedics before a person reaches a hospital
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Etymology
The word paramedicine comes from para- meaning 'beside' and medicine meaning 'medical care'. It names the emergency help that paramedics give beside a patient or on the way to a hospital, so you can think of it as 'care beside' the hospital.