Strathroy, ON, Canada / 105.7 Strathroy Today
Feb 11, 2021 8:12 AM
Miranda Bothwell was always involved with summer camps and sports in high school, and translated that excellence into teaching, becoming the Public Education Coordinator with Middlesex London Paramedic Service. She’s now been in that position for seven years and started in the paramedic profession because she loved being engaged locally, and having the opportunity to interact with a wide range of people.
Exeter, ON, Canada / 90.5 Exeter Today
Feb 11, 2021 8:10 AM
Miranda Bothwell was always involved with summer camps and sports in high school, and translated that excellence into teaching, becoming the Public Education Coordinator with Middlesex London Paramedic Service. She’s now been in that position for seven years.
Bothwell started in the paramedic profession because she loved being engaged locally, and having the opportunity to interact with a wide range of people.
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To make that happen, the London InterCommunity Health Centre is partnering with Middlesex-London Paramedic Service, Addiction Services of Thames Valley and Regional HIV/AIDS Connection to create an interdisciplinary team to provide services to people who have issues accessing traditional models of care.
The team is comprised of physicians, nurses, paramedics and community outreach workers, allowing them to offer not only medical care but also support with substance use, harm reduction and other basic needs.
“A lot of what’s going on in people’s lives is not fixed by a pill, it’s not just fixed by an interaction with a doctor,” Sereda said. “We need to address not only the medical needs but concurrently the social determinants of health, and that’s what our entire team is looking to do.”
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