COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE EXAM
CORRECT 100%
define community paramedicine - ANSWER A program that uses paramedics to provide
immediate or scheduled primary, urgent, and/or specialized health care to vulnerable
patient populations by focusing on improving equity in health care access across the
continuum of care.
define community paramedic (CP) - ANSWER A paramedic who has completed a
formal and recognized educational program and has demonstrated competence in
provision of health education, clinical assessment, and monitoring, point of care
diagnostics and treatment modalities within or beyond the role of traditional emergency
care and transport.
origin of community paramedicine - ANSWER Community Paramedicine was first
proposed as a model of health care delivery in rural and remote areas over 25 years
ago. Today, community paramedicine has evolved and has proven to be equally as
valuable to rural populations.
EMS services use advanced practice paramedics to decrease the number of patients
using EMS for medical conditions that are handled more efficiently through close
monitoring. In this setting, the focus is effective resource utilization, not primary care in
a rural environment.
The overall goal of a CP program - ANSWER promote the patients access to the right
care, delivered by the right provider, at the right time, resulting in the best outcomes and
most effective and efficient use of healthcare resources."
identify patients CP typically see - ANSWER low acuity patients who lack access to
primary care
elderly patients
patients with mobility issues
residents in more rural areas
palliative patients
those affected by homelessness
any patient group in a community who are identified as having limited access to
healthcare.
Define health equity - ANSWER Is the absence of unfair, avoidable, or remediable
differences among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially,
economically, demographically, or geographically or by other dimensions of inequality
(e.g., sex, gender, ethnicity, disability, or sexual orientation). Health is a fundamental
human right
CORRECT 100%
define community paramedicine - ANSWER A program that uses paramedics to provide
immediate or scheduled primary, urgent, and/or specialized health care to vulnerable
patient populations by focusing on improving equity in health care access across the
continuum of care.
define community paramedic (CP) - ANSWER A paramedic who has completed a
formal and recognized educational program and has demonstrated competence in
provision of health education, clinical assessment, and monitoring, point of care
diagnostics and treatment modalities within or beyond the role of traditional emergency
care and transport.
origin of community paramedicine - ANSWER Community Paramedicine was first
proposed as a model of health care delivery in rural and remote areas over 25 years
ago. Today, community paramedicine has evolved and has proven to be equally as
valuable to rural populations.
EMS services use advanced practice paramedics to decrease the number of patients
using EMS for medical conditions that are handled more efficiently through close
monitoring. In this setting, the focus is effective resource utilization, not primary care in
a rural environment.
The overall goal of a CP program - ANSWER promote the patients access to the right
care, delivered by the right provider, at the right time, resulting in the best outcomes and
most effective and efficient use of healthcare resources."
identify patients CP typically see - ANSWER low acuity patients who lack access to
primary care
elderly patients
patients with mobility issues
residents in more rural areas
palliative patients
those affected by homelessness
any patient group in a community who are identified as having limited access to
healthcare.
Define health equity - ANSWER Is the absence of unfair, avoidable, or remediable
differences among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially,
economically, demographically, or geographically or by other dimensions of inequality
(e.g., sex, gender, ethnicity, disability, or sexual orientation). Health is a fundamental
human right
