Harm Reduction and Trauma Informed Care

Harm Reduction and Trauma Informed Care

1:00 PM until 3:00 PM Presented by William Carver

Bill is currently a Public Health Paramedicine Specialist in the

Engagement and Outreach division of the Allentown Health

Bureau. Bill had practiced as a paramedic in the Eastern Pa

Region since 1999, the last 15 years in the City of Allentown.

He is a Community Paramedic – Certified through ISBC and a

PA EMS instructor. He currently works on public health

programs that bridge medical and social services with

emergency services. He also visits clients to work on plans for

increased independence and less reliance on the 911 system.

Bill spends time working with the Lehigh County Opiate Task

Force and Opiate Fatality Review Committee, Child Fatality Review, Regional

Human Trafficking multidisciplinary team, and Allentown Inclusion Health.

This program will

• Define harm reduction and discuss the history of these practices

• Share data related to harm reduction in Allentown, specific to opiate

patients.

• Show how scripting and rehearsal can aid in harm reduction.

• Discuss case studies from the current harm reduction model in Allentown.

• Define trauma informed care.

• List the lenses and means of using a trauma informed approach.

• Explain compassion fatigue, how to recognize it and avoid it.

• Role-play trauma informed scenarios.

This course has been submitted to the Pennsylvania Department of Health for

continuing education credit for all EMS providers and is pending approval.