World Advancement of Technology for EMS and Rescue

09/15/2017

This week, WATER attended the GSMA Mobile World Congress Americas in San Francisco, demonstrating - with our friends from AMR and San Diego Health Connect - how biometric authentication can facilitate the sharing of records between hospitals, doctor's offices, and first responders. Thanks for having us!

01/24/2017

Yesterday, the California Health Care Foundation hosted a briefing on Community Paramedicine in Sacramento on the initial results of the California CP Pilot. The pilot is testing 7 vastly different concepts, but one thing each has in common: positive results.
http://www.chcf.org/~/media/MEDIA%20LIBRARY%20Files/PDF/PDF%20S/PDF%20Sacto01232017PilotProjectOnePagers.pdf

01/12/2017

Mobile Integrated Healthcare can be successfully utilized by agencies of any size to help individuals who otherwise might fall through cracks int he EMS system. https://www.ems1.com/community-paramedicine/articles/1949030-How-4-cities-are-making-community-paramedicine-work-for-them/

Fort Worth, Winnipeg, San Diego and McKinney provide very different programs, but they all successfully use mobile healthcare to address patient needs specific to their communities

12/29/2016

We at W.A.T.E.R. hope you and yours are having a wonderful holiday season.

12/15/2016

Anne Marie Jensen, San Diego Fire-Rescue's Resource Access Program coordinator, gives us an insight into her team's particular methods of using Community Paramedicine to help the area's vulnerable individuals.
http://www.chcf.org/articles/2016/09/community-paramedics-rescue-people

Under a statewide pilot project running in 12 California jurisdictions, San Diego paramedics provide vulnerable people with lifesaving care — without taking them to hospitals.

11/04/2016

Did you know that November is American Diabetes Month? Diabetes affects 29 million Americans. Help us spread awareness of this growing health crisis.

http://www.diabetes.org/in-my-community/american-diabetes-month.html

During American Diabetes Month this November, help us build the true picture of diabetes.

09/15/2016

Congratulations to San Diego Fire-Rescue's Alex Wallbrett for receiving the Governor's Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor!

http://www.10news.com/news/gov-brown-to-honor-san-diego-firefighter

Alex Wallbrett intervened in a life-threatening assault on a colleague.

08/24/2016

Happy (slightly belated) Birthday to our Operations Manager, Kelin! We celebrated with a team lunch at her favorite restaurant.

08/17/2016

The W.A.T.E.R. Team had a blast at Escape Game SD this past weekend. Such a fun team-building event!

07/27/2016

It's hot here in Southern CA this week, be careful and stay cool (temperature and otherwise)!

07/21/2016

When you're late for a meeting, but there's a Doduo blocking the office hallway.

07/20/2016

What else can cities like SF do to address homelessness? Do you think a successful community paramedicine strategy can be part of the solution?

http://www.spur.org/news/2016-07-06/what-can-san-francisco-do-address-homelessness

On June 29, more than 80 Bay Area media organizations contributed to an unprecedented wave of coverage on homelessness. SPUR, together with HandUp, hosted an evening forum, “Housing, Homelessness and the Way Forward for San Francisco,” to report on the challenges the city faces, uncover solutions an...