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. @PDXFire firefighters will begin teaming up with Multnomah County to pick up and deliver prescription medications to vulnerable adults in the city during the coronavirus pandemic. (1/7)
“We really have a desire to touch those isolated, older folks and get some eyes on them,’’ said Lisa Reslock, a Portland firefighter and registered nurse who is the care coordinator for Portland Fire & Rescue Bureau’s Community Health Assessment Team, known as CHAT. (2/7)
The “Portland Fire & Rescue MEDS on WHEELS’’ outreach program will service Portland residents who are 65 or older and have a serious pre-existing medical condition, such as heart or lung disease, hypertension, diabetes or cancer. (3/7)
It’s geared to the elderly who are most at risk of contracting the new COVID-19 virus, are encouraged to remain home and have no other way to pick up their prescriptions. (4/7)
The team of two firefighters will pick up prescriptions at pharmacies and deliver the medications to homes or to the homeless, from a safe distance of at least 6 to 10 feet away. (5/7)
The firefighters also will chat with the elderly they visit to touch base with them and make sure they’re handling their isolation, Reslock said. (6/7)
To use the prescription delivery service, residents must call the fire bureau’s referral line at 971-288-7687.
Read more: https://trib.al/d86GBgs (7/7)
Read more: https://trib.al/d86GBgs (7/7)
