Naloxone
The EMS1 naloxone topic includes a variety of news, information, videos and analysis about the growing opioid addiction epidemic and EMS response challenges and strategies, including overdose assessment, treatment strategies and trends, drug delivery models and more.
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Philadelphia Fire Department EMS Deputy Commissioner Jeremiah Laster said the city considered making a trip to the hospital mandatory
It will be available only to security officers, but the hope is that it can soon be put in the hands of student residence hall advisers
By waiving the fee, Aetna said it can reduce barriers to patients getting the treatments they need
The Unified Fire Authority will also teach everyone how to use the kit in an effort to teach the public how to reverse overdoses
Officials said a cleaning crew and a hazardous materials team are working to clean up affected areas
The three organizations are working together to develop an evidence-based guideline for naloxone administration
University of North Dakota student Tristan Meadows wants to get 50 Narcan kits into the hands of leaders across campus
Another medic was able to administer naloxone to the firefighter-medic, who was transported to the hospital along with the patient
The number of annual drug overdose deaths in New Mexico has plateaued amid a series of pioneering policies to combat opioid addiction
Luis Garcia is giving away free doses of the lifesaving drug to local businesses that could potentially encounter an overdose
The drug will be available without a prescription in 45 states, and Walgreens said they are “eager and willing” to increase that number
Officials said a third student became ill at the high school from taking an unknown drug
Police officers are investigating how the child overdosed and how he got the drugs
The naloxone will be provided to the school district for free; the school nurses said they want to help save lives
More than 60,000 kits of the drug that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose will be available for two years with $5 million in state funding
Attorney General Tom Miller said the deal makes public agencies eligible for a $6-per-dose rebate on naloxone purchases
“When you look at accidental deaths within the U.S. in the last year, opioid deaths have surpassed car accidents,” Dr. Mark Miedema said
Officials said the number of 911 calls for overdoses has continued to climb even as fewer of those turn out to be fatal
In Yakima County, heroin-related deaths appear to be on the rise; five of the 26 overdose deaths last year involved heroin
City councilman Rafael Salamanca will introduce a bill that requires schools to carry naloxone kits
The goal is to provide the bar and restaurant owners the antidote in order to help addicts who overdose – often in bathrooms
Police administered naloxone after finding the man unconscious at an Arby’s restaurant
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The driver, who was arraigned for a misdemeanor DUI charge, was found unconscious and revived with naloxone
The Fayette County Health Department distributed 925 doses from September to April, when the money ran out from a grant they had received to purchase the drug
“Narcan is more of a Band-Aid, it doesn’t really fix anything,” Madison County EMS Director Carlos Coyle said
EMS experience, overdose patient data and funding needs aren’t mentioned in commission’s national emergency declaration request to President Trump
Police said city firefighters and ambulance personnel administered naloxone
Davis told Fayetteville police officers that he used narcotics before he lost consciousness in his vehicle, which was parked at a Walgreens
The Cook County Jail has trained about 900 inmates how to use naloxone and has distributed 400 of them to at-risk men and women as they got out
