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The Community Healthcare and Emergency Cooperative (CHEC) formed in July 2007 to address critical health care shortages in rural and remote areas—specifically by developing a new community health provider model.
From this partnership, the Community Paramedic Program emerged. CHEC members based the Community Paramedic model on the best practices of similar initiatives around the world, including the Alaska Community Health Aide, the Nova Scotia Community Paramedic model and the Australia Rural and Remote Paramedic Program.
CHEC has a standardized training curriculum that is consistent internationally, yet can be modified and customized for each community, province and nation. A pilot program is currently underway at Hennepin Technical College in Minnesota. The program will be documented and evaluated for its effectiveness on the training side and in the community.
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CHEC Benefits From the Dedication and Talents of Diverse Partners:
- North Central EMS Institute, St. Cloud, Minnesota
- Australian Centre for Prehospital Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Creighton University EMS Education, Nebraska
- Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia
- EMS Education, Offut Air Force Base
- Hennepin Technical College, Eden Prairie, Minnesota
- Mayo Clinic Medical Transport, Minnesota
- MnSCU Healthcare Education—Industry Partnership, Minnesota
- RURAL Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- State Offices of Rural Health, Minnesota and Nebraska
- State Offices of EMS, Minnesota and Nebraska
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
The Community Paramedic Program is built on the Rural and Frontier EMS Agenda of the Future—a 2004 report that describes an optimal future for rural EMS, as well as the changes required to achieve that vision. It is also supported by the International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine (IRCP).
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North Central EMS Institute
P.O. Box 2286
St. Cloud, Minnesota 56302
888.603.4426
320.251.8154 (fax)
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