An Era Gone By – You Call, We Haul – Keynote
The 30 plus-year-old model of responding ambulance lights and sirens to every call and transporting to the ED is ineffective, cost-prohibitive, does not change outcomes (for many!), and is antiquated. Care starting with the call in dispatch, purposefully sending or purposefully not sending resources, including access to Telehealth, alternative destination, and proactive community paramedicine is the future of mobile integrated healthcare.