Public Health Initiatives
Through partnerships with the Vermont Department of Health
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COVID-19 Pandemic Response
Vaccine Clinics
Rescue Inc, contracted by the Vermont Dept of Health, provided COVID-19 vaccinations to patients that were home-bound starting in February, 2021. In late March of 2021, we began holding our first vaccine clinics implementing mobile vaccine trailers and teams across Vermont. We played a major role in vaccinating Vermonters and are tremendously proud.
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COVID-19 Vaccine Program Statistics:
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61,500 total doses of vaccine administered
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5000 administered in patients’ homes
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56,500 doses were administered through our nearly 1000 mobile clinics
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Mobile Clinics were regularly held in Windham, Windsor, Rutland, Bennington, and Orange Counties
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The Vaccine Team provided services in every county in the State of Vermont
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Mobile clinics were held in 86 Communities across the State
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Rescue Inc’s Vaccination Team worked with over 220 partner organizations including:
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40 Healthcare Organizations, 39 EMS and Fire Departments, 51 Educational Institutions, 60 Public and Private Organizations and every branch of State Government.
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The Monoclonal Antibody Infusion Team
The Rescue Inc. Monoclonal Antibody (MAB) Infusion Team provided monoclonal antibody infusions and injections to COVID + patients throughout the state of Vermont. Rescue Inc was contacted by the Vermont Department of Health early in October of 2021 to develop a pilot program to administer IV Infusion Treatments to patients in the pre-hospital setting. The first COVID Antibody Treatments were administered by Rescue Inc Paramedics and AEMT's in a nursing home along the Canadian Border a couple weeks later. In December of 2021 the first of 2 full-time MAB Teams began working with Hospitals throughout the State to provide these treatments in the pre-hospital setting utilizing our custom built Mobile Clinics. The MAB Team operated these clinics from December 2021 till July 2022 and was on standby till December 2022.
This team reinforced hospital staffing through the state of Vermont providing patient access to COVID treatments even when healthcare staffing is strained. The MAB Team provided monoclonal antibodies and antiviral IV infusions in St. Albans, St. Johnsbury, Rutland, Brattleboro, Burlington, and Bennington just to name a few. The MAB Team frequently partnered with hospitals in the area to provide easier access to the local patients. They have provided support to Northwestern Regional Hospital, Northeastern Regional Hospital, Rutland Regional Medical Center, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital, and University of Vermont Medical Center.
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The MAB Teams was deployed to assisted living facilities and nursing homes in places like Greensboro, Rutland, St. Johnsbury, Killington, and Chelsea. By treating patients in facilities like this they have been able to lift the burden off these facilities and surrounding healthcare systems by treating patients before they become seriously ill, requiring hospitalization. In addition to working inside the facilities listed above the Monoclonal Infusion Team also utilizes two mobile infusion centers. These are trailers that were designed and built by Rescue Inc to be able to provide treatment wherever necessary. Check out some of the pictures and you will see that these mobile infusion centers mirror infusion rooms that you frequently find in the hospitals.
We are proud to report that our MAB Teams administered over 500 intravenous and intramuscular COVID treatments throughout the state Vermont from October 2021 til July of 2022.
Motel Screening Program
Agency of Human Services
Rescue Inc was tasked in August of 2023 to assist with completing a screening process for those housed though the motel housing program. The goal was to make contact and screen these individuals using a multi-service state database. The screenings established contacts for these individuals to receive state and local services.
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Program Data:
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We were tasked with contacting nearly 1000 individuals.
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Approximately 900 individuals were contacted and screened or identified as not living in the motels. The remaining were unable to be contacted.
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This was completed in 3 weeks utilizing 4 person teams working in pairs.
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Screenings took about 10 to 20 minutes per contact.
Emergency Shelter | Burlington, VT
Emergency Shelters
in Response to Hotel Program Halt
In 2024, the State of Vermont put an end to a COVID era hotel voucher program which enabled homeless individuals to present a voucher to a motel/hotel to receive temporary housing. This program came to an abrupt end during the cold months, and Rescue was contracted by the State of Vermont to provide medical stand-by services at four emergency shelters throughout Vermont. These shelters were located in Brattleboro, Burlington, Rutland, and Berlin.
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We sent four teams across Vermont over the course of several weeks and provided care to several individuals while aiding the Vermont Department of Health with shelter operations. We collaborated with local police and fire departments, VDH and HHS during this operation. We remain committed to assisting VDH with any public health measure that will ultimately protect Vermonters.
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Our teams provided medical care as needed, but also conducted pre-entry screenings on individuals presenting to each shelter, aided them in finding refreshments, dispersed blankets and other warming supplies, as well as assisted HHS in the operation and oversight of these shelters.