Recovery Coaches in the Emergency Department

Recovery Coaches in the Emergency Department - Kingdom Recovery Center, Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital, and the State of Vermont, have partnered to bring our recovery coaching services to individuals in the Emergency Department who may have had an overdose or are there for alcohol-related health problems or other substance use.

The program connects a patient in the Emergency Department with one of our coaches. It includes motivational interviewing to see where the person is at. Do they want treatment? Do they need help navigating resources to help them with their substance use? What have they tried in the past? What worked and what hasn’t worked?

By meeting patients where they are at, we can help them begin a recovery journey by maintaining contact for 10 days, referring them to outpatient services or inpatient services, or helping them to understand medically assisted treatment such as Methadone, Suboxone, or medications that reduce cravings for alcohol, like Naloxone. Some of the individuals we have had contact with begin coming to in-person peer groups and connecting with a recovery coach who helps them create a recovery plan and guides them on whatever path of recovery they choose.