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Causes: Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Mission: To provide high quality paramedic and emergency services in rockland county and surrounding regions
Programs: Rps responded to 24,481 calls for emergency assistance in 2017. The organization also conducted public education for cpr, first aid, blood pressure and cholesterol screening.
rps was awarded a contract with the county of rockland in december 2014 to operate a mobile mental health unit. The source of funding is the nys doh. The program was expanded in 2016 pursuant to a grant from refuah community health collaborative. In 2017,the program was expanded to include inensive in-home interventions to families where a child is at risk of psychiatric hospitalization.
rps formed a community paramedicine program in september 2017 pursuant to a grant awarded by the montefiore hudson valley collaberative to provide personalized and goal-directed services for selected patients who were treated and discharged from the hospital with specifid conditions to avoid readmissions and divert unnecessary emrgency room presentations.