NORTH BLANCO COUNTY EMS PROVIDES EMERGENCY MEDICAL / AMBULANCE SERVICE TO THE NORTHERN BLANCO COUNTY COMMUNITY. THE ORGANIZATION IS LICENSED BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES AND SERVES AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 600 SQUARE MILES WITH A POPULATION OF OVER 5,000 RESIDENTS.
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Dates
Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
Source
990
No causes provided
No populations provided
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$357.8K
Community Health Paramedic Program
NORTH BLANCO COUNTY EMS, IN COLLABORATION WITH NORTH BLANCO COUNTY ESD 1 AND BLANCO COUNTY ESD 2 FORMED THE BLANCO COUNTY COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDIC PROGRAM IN APRIL OF 2022. COMMUNITY PARAMEDICINE IS AN EMERGING FIELD IN HEALTHCARE WHERE EMTS AND PARAMEDICS OPERATE IN EXPANDED ROLES BY ASSISTING WITH PUBLIC HEALTH AND PRIMARY HEALTHCARE AND PREVENTIVE SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN THE COMMUNITY. THE PRIMARY GOALS OF THE PROGRAM ARE TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO CARE AND TO CONNECT UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS WITH THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES. THE COMMUNITY HEALTH PARAMEDIC PROGRAM SERVED A TOTAL OF 102 PATIENTS DURING 2022 THROUGH A TOTAL OF 1130 PATIENT ENCOUNTERS.
