Community paramedic program aims to prevent unnecessary ambulance calls and emergency room visits.

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Two county paramedics hope they have the answer to a large percentage of unnecessary emergency room visits and 9-1-1 calls.

Jimmy Crutchfield and Paul Dicicco are pushing community paramedicine as a way to relieve stress on the county's medical system.
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Manatee County EMS has secured funding for the pilot program with a grant (about $250,000 of a larger $860,000 grant with co-recipients Manatee County Health Department and Manatee Memorial Hospital) through June 30 to pay for vehicles, training and other program equipment. EMS has earmarked county dollars to fund the remainder of the fiscal year. Crutchfield and Dicicco are scheduled to present their idea to the Manatee County Commission Feb. 16 because they hope the board will include the program in the Fiscal Year 2017 budget.
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