Huron County is celebrating its team of paramedics.
Officials call them the silent heroes, working behind the scenes to keep Huron County safe and healthy.
“Our Huron County paramedics are highly skilled and compassionate professionals providing emergency medical treatment and transportation to sick and injured people, all while acting calmly in high stress situations,” says Warden Glen McNeil.
Huron County Emergency Services established a specialized Community Paramedicine Team that provides additional COVID-19 care support for the community. The five member team received additional training, including palliative care education.
The team was initially formed in April then re-launched in November.
When the team was formed in April, there was a total of eight paramedics on the team which also included Zia Khogyani, T. Lee Gutjahr and Marion Taylor.
Services the Community Paramedicine Team has provided include: -Providing over 300 influenza vaccinations to targeted groups, including local seniors, County apartment tenants, Huron OPP, local health care workers, and some of Huron’s most vulnerable community members -Working with the Out of the Cold: Heart to Home emergency shelter by offering influenza vaccines, and weekly wellness clinics for diabetes screening, heart disease and hypertension -Providing community COVID-19 swabbing for pre-admission to local Hospices -Helping Huron Perth Public Health and swabbing for suspected cases of COVID-19 -Supporting local palliative care services in Huron by working with the Palliative Care Outreach Team -Collaborating with One Care and offering “bundled care” to individuals discharged from certain hospital sites -Making sure necessary follow-up phone calls and assessments are completed after 911 calls
“I extend my heartfelt thanks to Huron’s Community Paramedicine Team,” adds Warden Glen McNeil. “We couldn’t have responded to the hurdles this year has brought us without you.”