Wednesday saw the launch of a community paramedicine program serving St. Thomas and Elgin county.
Already operating in more that 50 communities across Ontario, the program is fully funded by the province.
Program manager with Medavie EMS Elgin, Lyndsey Longeway tells myFM who the community program is aimed at.
The program is offered through a referral process and complements the existing frontline paramedic service provided by Medavie EMS Elgin.
The Community Paramedicine program allows for individuals to receive the care they need while remaining in the comfort of their own homes.
Longeway explains how the program is designed to operate.
The provincially funded program will provide non-emergency home visits, in-home testing procedures and other services.
The paramedics become the eyes and ears reporting back to their care providers, explains Longeway.
This program will add two full-time paramedics, who will offer the following accessible mobile support to residents:
• In-person and Remote Patient Monitoring services
• Chronic/complex disease monitoring /surveillance
• Medication safety and reconciliation
• In-home visits and point-of-care testing capabilities; and
• Client and family navigation, coordinated care planning to various services,
agencies and resources.
