Drug Abuse
Consider adding these often-encountered patients to your EMT or paramedic class’s patient assessment drills or high-fidelity patient simulations
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The program aims for nurses to work alongside police officers to assist individuals struggling with substance use disorders and mental health
Paramedics placed a backboard on the victim and an officer sat on it while they tried to restrain him
Overdose kits have been distributed to first responders in 11 communities in Hampden County
Grants distributed over the next two years will be used by first responders in communities with high overdose rates
Santa Ana officials say needles littered the area and threatened quality of life
Ocala Fire Captain Jesse Blaire was skeptical about the benefits of buprenorphine
The new law makes so-called personal use possession a misdemeanor punishable by up to six months in jail
Ohio plans to use the data to strategize allocations of resources, including treatment referrals and the distribution of fentanyl test strips and free naloxone
Declaring the fentanyl crisis a countywide emergency would allow Whatcom County leaders to bypass certain limits on hiring and spending
Once the center of the nation’s opioid epidemic, Huntington faces carfentanil, tranq and other drugs mixed with stimulants
Once a patient is given the drug, the Seattle Fire Department’s Health 99 team — firefighters and case workers dedicated to overdose calls — steps in to connect patients with services such as treatment centers
Madison Fire Department paramedics will now be able to administer buprenorphine
Decriminalization has led to a rise in psilocybin-related calls for young adults and adolescents
Centerton Firefighter/Paramedic Michael Brown stated he administered the drug to a patient after the fire chief noticed a 10 mg vial was missing
Portland’s Crisis & Sobering Center falls victim to city, county conflicts, funding competition and debate on behavioral health priorities
Public drug use leads to some lawmakers wanting to recriminalize small possession amounts
MATTERS has installed 13 machines so far an plans to install 15 more
Methuen officials have budgeted to hire more EMTs and police officers with money from the Opioid Settlement Stabilization Fund
COVID-19 pandemic increased substance use, burnout among first responders, study finds
The study investigated how burnout influenced the relationships between work stress, workplace support measures, COVID-specific assistance strategies and potentially harmful substance use
A surge in fentanyl deaths has become a top legislative issue in both states to
Funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is to help EMS support residents in rural communities
Portland saw a record number of fatalities in the homeless population due to drug overdoses
The report showed that fentanyl was found in 93% of all opioid-related overdose deaths
Gov. Inslee’s administration is also looking at state regulations to allow paramedics to administer initial opioid disorder treatment doses to overdose victims
Drug use, violence and fires are highlighted as cities sweep camps and struggle with housing solutions
Missoula’s Mobile Support Team replaces the tradition police response to mental health, substance abuse calls
Eight patients were treated with naloxone after fire and EMS personnel were called to the North Park Blocks in Portland
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