Two of the three new CARE Unit EMTs Marshelle Yazzie, center left, and Sonia Olson, center right, stand with traditional practitioner Dorothy Denetsosie Gishie, left, and City of Flagstaff Indigenous Affairs Administrator Rose Toehe, right, outside Fire Station 6 after a blessing was performed on Friday morning.
Two of the three new CARE Unit EMTs Marshelle Yazzie, center left, and Sonia Olson, center right, stand with traditional practitioner Dorothy Denetsosie Gishie, left, and City of Flagstaff Indigenous Affairs Administrator Rose Toehe, right, outside Fire Station 6 after a blessing was performed on Friday morning.
Flagstaff’s Community Alliance Response and Engagement (CARE) Unit, the “alternative response� program that assists individuals experiencing substance use or mental health crises without involving police, hired three new emergency medical technicians (EMTs) in May. The unit is run by Terros Health, which specializes in crisis services.
The unit’s approach differs from traditional emergency medical response. Rather than defaulting to taking a patient to the hospital, CARE’s EMTs and behavioral health specialists focus on “meeting people where they’re at� and stabilizing them as much as possible unless hospital care is absolutely necessary, Terros Health regional manager Thea Sherman said.
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