CLACKAMAS FIRE'S COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC WORKS WITH COUNTY RESOURCES TO HELP THE MOST VULNERABLE (PHOTO)
News Release from Clackamas Fire Dist. #1
Posted on FlashAlert: November 8th, 2017 9:58 AM
Downloadable file: Dan Hall grocery shopping to deliver to patient.
Downloadable file: AMR Community Paramedic Dan Hall with a patient.
Downloadable file: Amy Jo Cook and patient
Downloadable file: CFD Community Paramedic Amy Jo Cook assisting a patient.
Clackamas Fire District #1 is hosting their inaugural Resource Fair, designed to bring community resources to citizens who need them the most within Clackamas County. The Resource Fair will be Thursday, November 16, 2017, Barclay Park (next to Father's Heart), 711 12th St., Oregon City, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. All are welcome.
Each year, Clackamas Fire District #1's call volume increases, which results in responding to over 20,000 incidents. Of these, nearly 70 percent of emergency incidents are medical in nature. Clackamas Fire staffs engine and truck companies with one or more paramedics that respond to 911 emergencies. In addition to these resources, Clackamas Fire's Community Paramedic, Amy Jo Cook, provides integrated health services and outreach to the medically fragile and vulnerable. The Community Paramedic program assists the Fire District in answering the growing number of medical calls in a cost-effective and sustainable manner.
The Community Paramedic position is fully-funded by Clackamas Fire in addition to project enhancements through small grant funds from Clackamas County. The Clackamas County Small Grants Program awarded $10,000 to the Community Paramedic's Multi-Agency Homeless Outreach Project this year, which will allow Clackamas Fire to increase their ability to better assist all residents within Clackamas County with emphasis on homelessness.
Through the Community Paramedic, the Multi-Agency Homeless Outreach Project, and with the collaboration of partnering agencies, additional areas of unmet needs within the homeless community have been identified. The Multi-Agency Homeless Outreach Project will assist the homeless in obtaining sustainable/permanent housing, access to available resources, such as medical and mental health care. The Community Paramedic program will identify Clackamas County's most at-risk citizens and bridge the gap between available resources and the people who need them the most. With the support of grants, last year the program assisted several people from homelessness to permanent sustainable housing and also connected many others to County resources.
In order to reach all of Clackamas County, Clackamas Fire's Community Paramedic partners with American Medical Response's Community Paramedic, Dan Hall, together they are able to assist citizens with the greatest need. American Medical Response Community Paramedic Dan Hall says, "Amy Jo and I collaborate on many different levels to bring Community Paramedicine to all areas of Clackamas County so that no citizen in need is untouched."
A partnering agency that works closely with Clackamas Fire's Community Paramedic is Homeless Liaison Officer Mike Day from the Oregon City Police Department. The Homeless Liaison Officer is the initial point of contact for chronic homeless individuals living on the streets in Oregon City. Identifying homeless individuals and engaging the chronically homeless plays a crucial role, as the Homeless Liaison can attempt to provide resources and assist in locating housing along with the appropriate services. Homeless Liaison Officer Day says, "Ms. Cook and I will continue to work together to reduce homelessness in the community. We share a common mission of connecting individuals in need of resources with available resources."
The Multi-Agency Homeless Outreach project is an innovative method of service delivery that offers the Community Paramedic the ability to directly assess the barriers that prevent people from accessing local resources. The program strives to connect individuals with access to medical and mental care, homelessness prevention, eviction mitigation, and all other county resources.
Each year, Clackamas Fire District #1's call volume increases, which results in responding to over 20,000 incidents. Of these, nearly 70 percent of emergency incidents are medical in nature. Clackamas Fire staffs engine and truck companies with one or more paramedics that respond to 911 emergencies. In addition to these resources, Clackamas Fire's Community Paramedic, Amy Jo Cook, provides integrated health services and outreach to the medically fragile and vulnerable. The Community Paramedic program assists the Fire District in answering the growing number of medical calls in a cost-effective and sustainable manner.
The Community Paramedic position is fully-funded by Clackamas Fire in addition to project enhancements through small grant funds from Clackamas County. The Clackamas County Small Grants Program awarded $10,000 to the Community Paramedic's Multi-Agency Homeless Outreach Project this year, which will allow Clackamas Fire to increase their ability to better assist all residents within Clackamas County with emphasis on homelessness.
Through the Community Paramedic, the Multi-Agency Homeless Outreach Project, and with the collaboration of partnering agencies, additional areas of unmet needs within the homeless community have been identified. The Multi-Agency Homeless Outreach Project will assist the homeless in obtaining sustainable/permanent housing, access to available resources, such as medical and mental health care. The Community Paramedic program will identify Clackamas County's most at-risk citizens and bridge the gap between available resources and the people who need them the most. With the support of grants, last year the program assisted several people from homelessness to permanent sustainable housing and also connected many others to County resources.
In order to reach all of Clackamas County, Clackamas Fire's Community Paramedic partners with American Medical Response's Community Paramedic, Dan Hall, together they are able to assist citizens with the greatest need. American Medical Response Community Paramedic Dan Hall says, "Amy Jo and I collaborate on many different levels to bring Community Paramedicine to all areas of Clackamas County so that no citizen in need is untouched."
A partnering agency that works closely with Clackamas Fire's Community Paramedic is Homeless Liaison Officer Mike Day from the Oregon City Police Department. The Homeless Liaison Officer is the initial point of contact for chronic homeless individuals living on the streets in Oregon City. Identifying homeless individuals and engaging the chronically homeless plays a crucial role, as the Homeless Liaison can attempt to provide resources and assist in locating housing along with the appropriate services. Homeless Liaison Officer Day says, "Ms. Cook and I will continue to work together to reduce homelessness in the community. We share a common mission of connecting individuals in need of resources with available resources."
The Multi-Agency Homeless Outreach project is an innovative method of service delivery that offers the Community Paramedic the ability to directly assess the barriers that prevent people from accessing local resources. The program strives to connect individuals with access to medical and mental care, homelessness prevention, eviction mitigation, and all other county resources.
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