Palliative medicine for the community paramedic

Palliative medicine for the community paramedic 
Journal of Emergency Medical Services (JEMS) - The Conscience of EMS; by Maurice Paquette; 12/17/24 
The role of the paramedic is evolving. ... EMS has become a catch-all, a gateway into a somewhat—if not totally—fractured healthcare system. ... The landscape of healthcare is shifting as well. The pandemic, coupled with the realization of self-care, well-being, and mental health struggles has caused drastic reduction in the number of healthcare workers, and the amount of experience in skills that those healthcare workers carried with them. ... Over the past many years, we’ve seen a push for the idea of the community paramedic, as well as mobile healthcare. The establishment of a community paramedic program, especially in rural areas of the United States, would provide non-emergent care, under expanded scope and under the direction of a physician in the patient’s home.  According to a literature review in the International Journal of Paramedicine, the most common community paramedic program goals are to “aid patients in chronic disease management, reduce emergency department visits, reduce hospital admissions/readmissions, and reduce Healthcare costs.” 
Editor's note: Pair this with the article we posted yesterday, Characteristics of patients enrolled in hospice presenting to the emergency department.