Community Paramedic Pilot in Lexington, Kentucky, Resulting in Fewer EMS Calls

  LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Lexington ambulance runs are down two percent since February of this year. Before that, the number of people needing ambulance rides were rising at a record pace. In 2013, Lexington fire and EMS made 33,500 ambulance runs, and in 2017 they were up to 48,000 ambulance calls. Something needed to change. There's a relatively new concept, at least for Kentucky called "community paramedicine." The idea is for paramedics to visit homes of patients who tend to use the ambulance service often to be taken to the emergency room. Read more at WKYT.
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