Crawfordsville paramedics are vaccinating vulnerable Hoosiers in their homes

The Homebound Hoosiers program allows paramedics to vaccinate Hoosiers that are homebound in the comfort of their homes.

Community's most vulnerable citizens are getting vaccinated against covid-19.

I talked with people involved with the hombound hoosiers program, who say vaccinating this vulnerable population could save lives.

(nats( paramedics are hitting the road to vaccinate hoosiers that are homebound.

"from an ems perspective being in peoples homes is kind of our wheel house that is our area of comfort.

We can go out and provide that care to those people with a primary focus on preventative health care."-spencer stevens the crawfordsville fire department has a robust paramedicine program.

When the state announced they would be providing vaccine for homebound hoosiers, paramedics made sure they were taking part in the program.

"so we decided to take a different approach then what the state had taken with having people come to us, we decided to reach out to them to seek out who needed to be vaccinated in the community."-spencer stevens stevens says there are around 200 homebound hoosiers in montgomery county.

A population the health department says..

Needs to be vaccinated sooners rather then later.

"in our minds its absolutely critical.

They can't reach these sites although there are several all over the state they just can't reach them, so making this service avaliable and getting to them means that they are going to be able to get out about sooner and with less worry."- amber reed each homebound hoosier receives the single dose of the johnson and johnson vaccine.

Before they do, the paramedic asks them screening questions.

(nats( once the questions are asked, the vaccine is received.

(nats( afterwards, the paramedic stays with the patient for 15 minutes to make sure they don't have an allergic reaction.

This program is something participants say makes them feel more comfortable.

"it just makes you feel better you're home you're secure that's your home."- thomas h.

Mccarty.

So far paramedics have vaccinated 25 people in the community.

They are using community resources to get in touch with hoosiers that are that is our area of comfort.

We can go out and provide that care to those people with a primary focus on preventative health care."-spencer stevens the crawfordsville fire department has a robust paramedicine program.

When the state announced they would be providing vaccine for homebound hoosiers, paramedics made sure they were taking part in the program.

"so we decided to take a different approach