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From the City of Livingston
BRINGING BETTER HEALTHCARE TO OUR COMMUNITY
Livingston Fire and Rescue has partnered with MT DPHHS Community Integrated Health (CIH) Program, to bring area residents a new resource: The Community Paramedic Program.
Similar to the old days of doctors making house calls, Community Paramedicine connects underutilized resources with underserved populations, filling critical gaps in the care of our community members.
The Program utilizes paramedics to provide guidance and care while helping residents become more independent from the emergency system and to use locally available resources. Leading to better outcomes for our community members.
Community Paramedic Program: Target Patient Populations
- High Emergency Room (ER) System Utilizers — designed to help patients who are high utilizers of the 911 system/ERs. The program provides education and connects the patient with resources available in the community.
- Mental Health or Substance Abuse Issues — identifying patients who would be better served outside the emergency room setting and redirecting these individuals to the appropriate community resource(s) and helping with proper medication management.
- Diabetic Patients — Provide glucose monitoring, nutritional, and disease management education to diabetic patients to prevent unnecessary Emergency Department / EMS utilization.
- Frequent Falls — helping mitigate fall risks by performing in-home safety assessments and fall prevention education.
- Cardiac Care/ Chronic Respiratory Conditions — helping monitor blood pressure, manage medication compliance, nutrition, and education for patients who are diagnosed with cardiac issues/congestive heart failure or other chronic respiratory conditions.
Anyone can enroll. Individuals who might be interested in learning more about this new resource, or signing up, can do so on the city webpage www.livingstonmontana.org/fireandrescue or by calling Brianna Caron at Livingston Fire and Rescue at (406) 222-2061 or emailing bcaron@livingstonmontana.org
