Description: Community paramedicine through fire and emergency medical services departments are playing a pivotal role in addressing the opioid crisis through post-overdose outreach initiatives that respond to individuals after a nonfatal overdose. Efforts to prevent overdose fatalities through proactive engagement and community-based resource connections, called deflection, have increasingly included the use of community paramedics and have also been providing critical lifesaving intervention in the form of medications for opioid use disorder. This panel will highlight two community paramedicine programs: Cape Fear Valley Mobile Integrated Healthcare in North Carolina and the West Allis Fire Department Mobile Integrated Healthcare in Wisconsin. The audience will also hear from NASEMSO’s OUD and SUD Committee Co-chair, Tim Seplaki, about the “Five Minutes to Help” first responder deflection training in New Jersey.
Speakers: • (Moderator) Mica Williams, Senior Program Manager, TASC’s Center for Health and Justice
• (Opening Statements) Tom Seplaki, 5 Minutes to Help
• (Panelist) Tara Tucker, Community Paramedic, Cumberland EMS - Mobile Integrated Health
• (Panelist) Jason Schaak, Assistant Chief, Division of Community Risk Reduction, West Allis Fire Department
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