The Critical Role of EMS in Injury Prevention

10/30/2019

Over the last decade, the rise of community paramedicine and mobile integrated healthcare programs has reinvigorated efforts to involve EMS in injury prevention programs. The EMS profession has adopted a more proactive stance toward caring for communities, and it is time for all EMS organizations to focus on keeping patients safe and healthy before the emergency, not just after. Two decades ago, the drowning of a toddler inspired paramedics to create EPIC Medics and assume community leadership in injury prevention. In this session, you’ll hear from award-winning agencies including how they implemented their program and lessons learned.

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