Aug 18, 2020
In this podcast we talk with
Battalion Chief of Community Medicine Joe Casciotti from the Harris
County Emergency Services District #48 in Texas about their Mobile
Integrated Health/Community Paramedicine program that addresses the
issues around Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). CVD is the leading
cause of death across the nation, and Harris County, in partnership
with the hospital system, has developed a system for following up
with heart attack victims to reduce re-admissions through home
safety visits - with remarkable results. Readmission rates dropped
from 12% to 4%, a significant decrease. CVD is the leading
cause of death in America, killing 600,000 people per year. To put
this in context, 200 times more people die from CVD than from
fires, which kill 3,000 people every year. CVD is a CRR issue...not
every community has had a fatal fire, but every community has lost
members to CVD. Listen to what Joe has to say and learn what you
can do in your community!