GEDC Webinar: Community Paramedicine and Geriatric Emergency Departments
The Geriatric Emergency Department Collaborative (GEDC) is holding a webinar January 22 on "Community Paramedicine and Geriatric Emergency Departments."
Community paramedicine expands across rural and urban settings and has the potential to reduce emergency department (ED) readmission rates for older adults. Paramedics are uniquely positioned to observe and assess patients in their homes, providing critical insights into determinants of health outcomes.
The webinar will introduce and explore community paramedicine, show how it can be integrated with older person care in EDs and feature stories from front-line practitioners about the benefits and challenges of community paramedicine in providing care for older adults post-ED discharge.
Speakers include:
- Jose G. Cabañas MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Deputy Wake County Manager, Raleigh, NC
- Neil Dinesh Dattani, MD, CCFP(EM), Emergency Physician, William Osler Health System (WOHS) WOHS, Clinical Lead, Peel Region Community Paramedicine Program, Toronto, ON
- Ann McDermott, MSc, National Ambulance Service Community Paramedic, Dublin, IRE
- Michael Stern, MD, Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine (EM), Chief, Geriatric EM, Director, Geriatric EM Fellowship, NY Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medicine
- Maria Wesloh, Lead Intermediate Care Technician VA ICT, Detailed: Implementation Specialist, VHA Office of Primary Care, Air Force Medic, Cleveland, OH
- Moderated by Don Melady, MD
On a recent GEMCast podcast episode, Dr. Christina Shenvi and Megan Corry, the Director of the Paramedic Program at the City College of San Francisco, discuss the history of community paramedicine, the potential impact of geriatric specialty paramedicine, and key assessments and communication strategies they are implementing to improve the care of older adults.
Register for the webinar.
Listen to the GEMCast podcast.
Learn more about GEDC's work.
Learn more about JAHF's co-support of GEDC.
