A Plan to Use EMS Professionals to Keep Patients out of the E.D.
Ben Shopland is the Paramedic Manager for the In Home Advanced Care Paramedic team at UPMC. Ben and his team of EMS professionals are flipping the equation when it comes to taking care of patients and making sure that they stay OUT of the Emergency Department when possible. The team is functioning 2 shifts each day in Allegheny County but the plan is to expand the service.
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