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.
How to apply for grant funding for naloxone and opioid-reversal interventions and more
Our co-hosts dissect Editor-in-Chief Kerri Hatt’s recent article on fentanyl exposure based on her conversation with Simon Taxel, NRP, BA, crew chief and public safety diver with the Pittsburgh Bureau of EMS
Opioid settlement funding will continue for 11 to 18 years, and it is expected that more settlements will be forthcoming. Is your agency getting its share?
At a safe injection site, addicts would have access to clean needles, medical supervision and access to opioid antidotes that can reverse an overdose
In 2014, New Mexico had one of the highest overdose death rates in the nation, second only to West Virginia
Administering medications intranasally in the pre-hospital or emergency setting can be easy, fast and non-invasive
P.A.A.R.I. and partners will train commercial fishermen with Narcan kits donated by Adapt Pharma
Assembly Bill 428 would mandate public and charter schools keep at least two doses of naloxone hydrochloride or other emergency opioid medications on site
The idea surfaced after an addict was found dead in one of the Civic Center library’s restrooms
The survey collected case data and examined the outcomes of attempted opioid-related overdose reversals reported by first responders and community health organizations
The licensed vocational nurses function as EMTs and paramedics in the prison system
Cleveland typically sees more overdoses on a daily basis than the number of violent crimes combined
A dispatcher advised the caller to keep the child’s airway clear until paramedics arrived
Given the increasing number of opioid-related deaths reported in the past months, an official said she was surprised more kits haven’t been distributed
Under the proposal, people experiencing overdose symptoms could get drugs administered faster
Existing law allows them to stock epinephrine to treat severe allergic reactions
As part of a $35,000 grant, officers will be equipped with the drug after undergoing a training program
Education and acceptance of addiction as a disease is needed for EMS to bridge the empathy gap and join the effort to solve the opioid overdose epidemic
Over 18,000 naloxone kits have been handed out across British Columbia, many rendered useless when needles are used for illicit drug use
Officials said from December 2015 to December 2016, Narcan administration skyrocketed from 908 to 2,206 doses
In the first nine months of 2016, Palm Beach County Fire Rescue spent $183,000 on the drug
More than 620 fatal drug overdoses across the province occurred from January through October
Last month, state officials updated its policies to allow police, fire and other emergency personnel to carry doses of naloxone nasal spray up to 4 milligrams
The state currently only allows paramedics and medical professionals — not EMTs, firefighters or police — to carry the drug.
Officials said the firefighter-paramedic felt high and experienced respiratory distress after entering a home with suspected fentanyl
The opioid overdose epidemic is taking an emotional toll on EMS providers; here’s a roundup of innovations aimed at combating this issue
While paramedics normally administer the drug, EMTs, firefighters and police officers are now able to do so
Police found numerous packets of heroin and drug paraphernalia in the man’s motel room
Here are six strategies to prevent drug diversion, part of the EMS profession’s important role in the fight against the opioid overdose epidemic
School systems across the state have trained nurses to administer the drug should an overdose occur during or after school hours
Officers found the 32-year-old woman unresponsive and unconscious in a stopped car
A paramedic and an outreach worker from the Santa Fe Prevention Alliance go to the homes of overdose victims to provide the training and Narcan kits
The police department will receive 700 devices to swap for the recalled devices and an additional 500 new devices within weeks
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