TPF Historical Archive · 2010–2015 · Audio recordings

A decade of international dialogue on community paramedicine

From 2010 to 2015, TPF convened two monthly webinar series that became the primary international forum for community paramedicine practice, research, and policy exchange. Presenters joined from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. These recordings document the field at a formative moment — when community paramedicine was transitioning from local experiment to recognized practice model. They are preserved here as primary source material.

53
Recorded sessions preserved
2010–2015
2
Monthly webinar series
CPIF and IRCP monthly calls
17
International presentations
6 countries represented
6
Years of uninterrupted programming
Monthly cadence, 2010–2015

How to use these recordings

Each recording is the original audio from a live webinar. Slide decks were presented via screen share; the audio track captures the full presentation and Q&A. Recordings play directly in your browser — no plugin or download required. Where available, a machine-generated transcript is also linked on each session card.

These recordings are provided as historical reference material. Program details, regulations, and reimbursement structures described in sessions from 2010–2015 have changed substantially. Treat them as primary source documentation of the field at that moment, not as current guidance.

Sessions marked International feature presenters from outside the United States and document how community paramedicine was developing simultaneously across multiple countries during this period.

Recording rights and archive framework

These recordings were made during live webinars organized by Gary Wingrove, the North Central EMS Institute (NCEMSI), and the International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine (IRCP). Presenters participated with knowledge that sessions were being recorded for field-wide distribution — this was the explicit purpose of both series.

Presenter copyright. Each presenter and their affiliated organization retains copyright in the content of their presentation. TPF does not claim ownership of the intellectual content of any session. These recordings are preserved and made available solely as historical documentation of the field.

Recording rights. The recordings as audio works were produced under the auspices of NCEMSI and IRCP, with TPF serving as long-term custodian. They are provided here for non-commercial educational and research purposes under applicable fair use provisions (17 USC 107) and the library and archive exemption (17 USC 108).

International presenters. Seventeen sessions feature presenters from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. Their presentations are subject to the copyright laws of their respective jurisdictions. Applicable fair dealing provisions in those countries are cited in good faith for the educational and non-commercial nature of this archive.

Transcripts. Where available, transcripts are generated from the original audio using automated speech recognition and have not been manually verified. They are provided as accessibility aids and research references only. Transcript content reflects the spoken words of the original presenter and is subject to the same copyright framework as the recording.

If you presented in one of these sessions and wish to discuss the inclusion of your recording, update attribution, or request removal, contact TPF at info@paramedicfoundation.org. TPF will acknowledge within 5 business days and resolve within 14 business days.

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum (CPIF)

The Community Paramedicine Insights Forum (CPIF) was a monthly webinar series that ran from 2011 through 2015. It was driven primarily by Gary Wingrove, with early support from Chris and Anne Montera under the North Central EMS Institute (NCEMSI), and later supported by Kevin McGinnis of the National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO). The series brought together program directors, medical directors, researchers, and policymakers from across the United States and internationally, and became one of the primary knowledge-sharing venues for the field during community paramedicine’s rapid growth period.

February 2011🇺🇸

Inaugural Community Paramedicine Insights Forum (CPIF)

Chris Montera; Anne Robinson (Montera)
The Paramedic Foundation  ·  North Central EMS Institute

The first session of the Community Paramedicine Insights Forum — the monthly webinar series that became the primary national knowledge-sharing platform for community paramedicine from 2011 through 2015.

October 2011🇦🇺 International

Seventh International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine — Conference Preview

North Central EMS Institute / IRCP

Preview of the 7th IRCP, October 9–11, 2011, New South Wales, Australia. ACAP Oct 6–8 / IRCP Oct 9–11 / CAA Open Conference Oct 12.

January 2012🇨🇦 International

Nova Scotia’s Community Paramedicine Initiatives

Nova Scotia Health Services / Emergency Health Services (EHS)

‘The Vision Comes From Better Care Sooner’.

February 2012🇺🇸

Health Economics of Community Paramedicine

Ryan White
Health economist

Economic analysis and health economics framework for community paramedicine programs, presented to the CPIF by health economist Ryan White.

March 2012🇺🇸

Beyond the Ambulance: How to Start a Community Paramedicine Program

Dan Swayze, DrPH, MBA, MEMS
Center for Emergency Medicine of Western Pennsylvania / EmedHealth (Vice President)
May 2012🇺🇸

21st Century EMS Communications Systems: ‘Brick’ to the Tricorder

Kevin McGinnis, MPS, EMT-P
National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO) — Communications Technology Advisor; also National Association of EMTs, National Association of EMS Educators, National EMS Management Association
September 2012🇺🇸

CAR Program Update

Mark Havener

Single-paramedic ALS car program — call stratification analysis over three years and ~100,000 calls.

November 2012🇺🇸

Wake EMS Advanced Practice Paramedic Program

Wake County EMS, North Carolina

Population 1M, 860 sq mi, ~80,000 calls/year. 38 ambulances at peak, 5 APPs at peak.

April 2013🇺🇸

Ada County Community Paramedics

Dawn Rae
Ada County Paramedics, Boise, Idaho

Community Paramedics program overview — 370 N Benjamin Lane, Boise ID 83704.

June 2013🇺🇸

REMSA’s Health Care Innovation Award — Community Health Early Intervention Team

REMSA (Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority), Reno, Nevada

CMS Innovation grant work, February 2013.

August 2013🇺🇸

JCREC (Joint Committee on Rural Emergency Care)

JCREC — NASEMSO, NOSORH, NRHA, NRHRC

Four-organization joint committee overview: NASEMSO, NOSORH, NRHA, NRHRC.

October 2013🇺🇸

Ada County Community Paramedics and Qualis Health — Knowledge, Collaboration, Innovation

Ada County Paramedics, Boise, Idaho; Qualis Health (Idaho’s QIO)

Outreach and stakeholder engagement — needs assessment, partnerships, establishing groundwork for the future.

December 2013🇺🇸

ECNS Programs in Fort Worth (Emergency Communication Nurse System) / 9-1-1 Nurse Triage

MedStar Mobile Healthcare, Fort Worth, Texas

Governmental PUM serving Ft Worth + 14 cities; 880,000 residents, 117,000 responses/yr, 350 employees, $36M budget, no tax subsidy. Low-acuity 911 calls warm-handed to in-house RNs…

February 2014🇺🇸

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum (CPIF) — February 2014

Title slide shows only the generic CPIF cover image; speaker/topic not on slides 0–1.

April 2014🇺🇸

Ada County Community Paramedics — Past, Present, and Future

Ada County Paramedics, Boise, Idaho
June 2014🇺🇸

Rural Nebraska Regional Ambulance Network (RNRAN): Exploring the use of Community Paramedics to aid in reducing hospital re-admissions at Regional West Medical Center (RWMC), Scottsbluff NE

Rural Nebraska Regional Ambulance Network (RNRAN); Regional West Medical Center, Scottsbluff, Nebraska
Undated🇺🇸

Community Paramedic Innovation Challenge (CPIC) Orientation

Hosted by Gary Wingrove
The Paramedic Foundation  ·  CMS Healthcare Innovation Grant

Orientation and overview for the Community Paramedic Innovation Challenge (CPIC), a CMS Healthcare Innovation grant program. Produced by the North Central EMS Institute in partnership with TPF.

August 2014🇺🇸

Community Care Initiative (CMS Grant)

Mesa Fire and Medical Department, Mesa, Arizona

CMS Innovation grant — testing pre-hospital models for cost savings and improved patient outcomes.

October 2014🇺🇸

PRIDE — Paramedic Referrals for Increased Independence and Decreased Disability in the Elderly

December 2014🇺🇸

I Am Worried. Can You Send Someone to See My Mom?

Kristofer Smith, MD, VP; Jonathan Washko, AVP; Asantewaa Poku, Clinical Data Analyst; Elizabeth Quellhorst, Administrative Manager
North Shore-LIJ Health System (Northwell)

Collaboration between an advanced illness management program and a community paramedicine program aimed at reducing admission rates for high-risk frail elderly.

January 2015🇺🇸

REMSA Community Health Programs — CPIF 1/19/15

REMSA (Regional Emergency Medical Services Authority), Reno, Nevada

CP Post-Discharge Referrals/Enrollments/30-day Readmissions, June 2013–June 2014. Since June 2013: 28 readmissions avoided, 97 ER visits avoided, 109 ambulance transports avoided…

February 2015🇺🇸

Outreach Paramedic Program — Upper San Juan Health Services District, Pagosa Springs, Colorado

Becky Sproul
Upper San Juan Health Services District, Pagosa Springs, Colorado — Critical Care / Telemedicine / Outreach Paramedic Coordinator
March 2015🇺🇸

Changing from Brown to Blue: The Hennepin EMS Community Paramedic Program

Doug Gesme, MBA, EMT-P; Amber Brown, CP, NRP; David Johnson, CP, CCEMT-P
Hennepin County Medical Center (HCMC) / Hennepin EMS, Minneapolis, Minnesota
April 2015🇺🇸

Mobile Healthcare and Community Paramedicine — April 20, 2015

Kevin G. Munjal, MD, MPH
Mount Sinai Health System (Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine; Assistant Professor, Health Evidence & Policy; Associate Medical Director of Prehospital Care); Chair, NY Mobile Integrated Healthcare Association
May 2015🇺🇸

The Power of Integration: Emergency Medical Services

Pat Songer (Administrative Director & EMS Chief); Louis Mendiola, B.S., EMT-I (Health System Development Manager); Jared Oscarson (Deputy Chief EMS)
Humboldt General Hospital EMS Rescue, Winnemucca, Nevada

Co-presented with a segment on Maine EMS Memorial and Education Site.

June 2015🇺🇸

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum (CPIF) — June 2015 Webinar Day

Only the generic CPIF cover slide is preserved; speaker/topic not on extractable slides.

November 2015🇺🇸

Abbeville County Community Paramedic Program — Lessons Learned

Abbeville County Emergency Services, South Carolina
December 2015🇺🇸

TCHC EMS Mobile Integrated Health / Community Paramedics

Allen Smith, BS, NREMT-P
Tri-County Health Care EMS — Manager

International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine (IRCP) Monthly Calls

The IRCP monthly calls brought together community paramedicine leaders from across the English-speaking world for ongoing dialogue on practice, research, governance, and international comparison. Presentations from Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland documented the state of the field and enabled cross-jurisdictional learning that shaped both national programs and the IRCP’s annual in-person roundtable agenda.

April 2010🇨🇦 International

EMS and Health Integration in Alberta

Penny Price
Alberta Health Services — Health Integration Supervisor
May 2010🇳🇿 International

Urgent Community Care (UCC) — Presentation to IRCP

Wellington Free Ambulance
June 2010🇳🇿 International

Better Sooner More Convenient (BSMC) Primary Health Care

New Zealand Ministry of Health (BSMC initiative)

Government initiative to deliver more personalised primary health care closer to home and reduce acute demand on hospitals via chronic-disease management.

July 2010🇺🇸

MedStar’s Community Health & Advanced Practice Paramedic Program — ‘Stop Responding to Calls We Can Prevent’

MedStar Mobile Healthcare, Fort Worth, Texas

New EMS Model — Right Resource, Right Time, Right Patient, Right Outcome.

February 2011🇺🇸

Grounding Frequent Users: Mitigating Your EMS System Demands Through Outreach

Niels Tangherlini (inferred — SFFD HOME Team Paramedic Captain)
San Francisco Fire Department, Homeless Outreach and Medical Emergency (HOME) Team; UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare

20-year paramedic; promoted to Paramedic Captain 2000; joint outreach team targeting frequent users of EMS in SF. Originally a ‘Pinnacle’ talk.

April 2011🇺🇸

International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine (IRCP) — April 2011

Presenter and topic not recovered from available materials.

May 2011🇨🇭 International

EMS Switzerland: Present Situation and the Future That I Expect

‘Switzerland is NOT Europe geographically: yes; politically: no.’

January 2012🇦🇺 International

Research Proposal: Community Paramedics and Their Impact

Professor Peter O’Meara
La Trobe Rural Health School

IRCP Teleconference, 16/17 January 2012.

February 2012🇺🇸

Health Economics of Community Paramedicine

Ryan White
Health economist

Economic analysis and health economics framework for community paramedicine programs. Also presented to the Community Paramedicine Insights Forum (CPIF) in the same month.

March 2012🇺🇸

International Paramedic Initiative — Briefing to the National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO)

International Paramedic initiative, presented to NASEMSO
April 2012🇦🇺 International

Ambulance Non-Users in Rural Medical Emergencies: Identifying Patterns of Underutilisation and Unmet Need

Buck Reed; Dr. Jason Bendall
Charles Sturt University (inferred from Buck Reed affiliation); NSW Ambulance research
January 2013🇦🇺 International

The Other Community Paramedics: Remote Industrial Practice

Acker (per filename; full name not on slide)
Charles Sturt University
February 2013🇦🇺 International

RAP Outreach Project (Rural Australian Paramedic Outreach)

Angela Evans
SA Ambulance Service (South Australia)
April 2013🇨🇦 International

Community Paramedicine Research for IRCP (Nova Scotia / Dalhousie)

Jan Jensen
Dalhousie University; Nova Scotia Emergency Health Services (EHS)
January 2014🇺🇸

Burning Man: The Ultimate Integrated Health System

Louis Mendiola, B.S., EMT-Int; Pat Songer, NRP
Humboldt General Hospital EMS Rescue, Winnemucca, Nevada
March 2014🌍 International

iCPRnet — International Community Paramedic Research Network

iCPRnet
April 2014🇨🇦 International

CHAP-EMS: Community Health Awareness Program through Emergency Medical Services

McMaster University; Hamilton Paramedic Service, Ontario
June 2014🇨🇦 International

County of Renfrew Paramedic Service Community Paramedic Programs

Chris Day
County of Renfrew Paramedic Service, Ontario

Presented to the International Roundtable on Community Paramedicine, 16 June 2014.

January 2015🇺🇸

I Am Worried. Can You Send Someone to See My Mom?

Kristofer Smith, MD, VP; Jonathan Washko, AVP; Asantewaa Poku, Clinical Data Analyst; Elizabeth Quellhorst, Administrative Manager
North Shore-LIJ Health System (Northwell)

Re-broadcast / IRCP edition of the December 2014 CPIF NSHS talk (same deck reused).

February 2015🇨🇦 International

International Rural and Remote Prehospital Collaborative (IR2PC)

Michael McKeague (host); Dr. Peter O’Meara (presenter)
Yukon Emergency Medical Services  ·  International Rural and Remote Prehospital Collaborative
March 2015🇨🇦 International

Winnipeg’s Inter-Professional Approach to Pre-Hospital Care

Ryan Sneath
Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service, Manitoba
April 2015🇺🇸

North Memorial Community Paramedic Program — IRCP Webinar, 4/20/15

Carlson (per filename)
North Memorial Health, Minnesota
May 2015🇨🇦 International

Revision to the National Occupational Competency Profile for Paramedics

Pierre Poirier, Executive Director
Paramedic Association of Canada (PAC)
June 2015🇬🇧 International

Paramedic Independent Prescribing — A Journey to Provide the Best Possible Care

Andy Sharman, PA19041, DipHE, PGCert, PPEd, MCPara
College of Paramedics — Paramedic Prescribing Project Officer
July 2015🇺🇸

Simulation for Success (per slide deck filename)

Title slide is the generic IRCP webinar cover; outline mentions program overview, training-needs assessment, syllabus, simulation, scenarios, and skills stations.

Special sessions

The following recordings fall outside the two main series but are preserved here as part of the broader historical record of TPF’s engagement with the paramedicine community.

Undated🇺🇸

Community Paramedic Innovation Challenge (CPIC) Orientation

Hosted by Gary Wingrove
The Paramedic Foundation  ·  CMS Healthcare Innovation Grant

Orientation and overview for the Community Paramedic Innovation Challenge (CPIC), a CMS Healthcare Innovation grant program. Produced by the North Central EMS Institute in partnership with TPF.

August 2014🇺🇸

Burning Man Medical Operations Orientation — 2014

Jared Oscarson; hosted by Gary Wingrove
Humboldt General Hospital EMS Rescue, Winnemucca, Nevada  ·  Community Paramedic Innovation Challenge (CPIC), CMS Healthcare Innovation Grant

Medical operations orientation for Burning Man 2014: HR onboarding, HGH EMS Rescue introduction, event culture and 10 Principles, operational command, clinical oversight, MCI training, and logistics. Run-time approximately 1 hour 15 minutes.

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum (CPIF) — Video Recordings

The CPIF continued beyond the audio-only era when sessions began being recorded to YouTube in 2017. These 17 sessions extend the series from April 2017 through December 2020, covering community paramedicine program developments, data and outcomes reporting, mobile integrated health, and the field’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Sessions play directly in the browser below.

April 2017🇺🇸

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum — April 2017

July 2017🇺🇸

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum — July 2017

September 2017🇺🇸

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum — September 2017

November 2017🇺🇸

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum — November 2017

February 2018🇺🇸

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum — February 2018

April 2018🇺🇸

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum — April 2018 CPIF

June 2018🇺🇸

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum — June 2018

September 2018🇺🇸

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum — September 2018

October 2018🇺🇸

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum — October 2018

January 2019🇺🇸

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum — January 2019 - Value of Data

March 2019🇺🇸

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum — March 2019

July 2019🇺🇸

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum — July 2019 CPIF

September 2019🇺🇸

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum — September 2019

December 2019🇺🇸

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum — December 2019

April 2020🇺🇸

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum — April 2020

September 2020🇺🇸

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum — September 2020

December 2020🇺🇸

Community Paramedicine Insights Forum — December 2020

Global Paramedic Leadership Alliance (GPLA)

In 2021 the Global Paramedic Leadership Alliance brought together international paramedic leaders to discuss the effects of COVID-19 on paramedic services worldwide. TPF was a participating organization in this session.

October 2021🌍 International

Global Paramedic Leadership Alliance — Effects of COVID on Paramedic Services

International panel discussion on the effects of COVID-19 on paramedic services globally, presented by the Global Paramedic Leadership Alliance (GPLA).

Looking for current community paramedicine resources?

The archive above documents the field from 2010 to 2015. For current program design support, policy analysis, and implementation resources, see TPF’s active work.