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.
The opioid crisis increases the odds that prehospital field providers will encounter NCPE
Sharing data across EMS agencies is one of the most effective ways to combat the opioid crisis in communities
Is widespread naloxone administration by non-medically trained responders preventing overdose patients from reaching definitive care?
By next month, all 39 of the department’s sergeants will have been trained in how to administer the drug
The push is part of an effort to equip as many responders with the drug as possible
The bag is designed to securely store equipment used when reversing an opioid overdose
Opposed to injecting the overdose preventing drug, the spray is reportedly less expensive and easier to administer
All police departments on Cape Cod will be able to carry the opiate overdose reversal drug after months of plowing through red tape
Agencies are fighting an uphill battle as advancements in the EMS field complicate as much as streamline the industry
He attacked a medic and EMT after they administered the drug, then fled into the West Virginia woods
The 1,600 firefighters trained on its use during the summer and will begin carrying it when supplies are available
Responders administered Narcan to a 24-year-old blue-lipped, unresponsive woman en route to an Ohio hospital
Jurisdictions without many paramedics are taking steps to train EMTs, first responders and firefighters
He refused to leave and shoved an officer as police, firefighters and EMS workers treated an unresponsive woman in a Pa. bathroom
Starting July 1, 2,000 firefighters and EMTs will join the 905 medics able to administer intranasal Naloxone
The state is scrambling to put procedures in place, and passed a good Samaritan law that allows a bystander to administer Narcan to someone who has overdosed
Although the government authorized its use, policy restrictions prevent Cape Cod officers from actually administering the heroin overdose antidote
With a growing number of responders carrying the heroin overdose antidote, Iron Duck created a kit to transport the drug
It shouldn’t be a turf battle; EMTs, police, firefighters, friends and family members can all use this life-saving tool
All participants in the class received a certificate of completion and an emergency resuscitation kit that included two doses of Narcan.
The device will be sold under the commercial name Evzio, and provides verbal instructions when turned on
Police say they haven’t had a chance to negotiate the extra work that comes with carrying Narcan; firefighters say they respond to medical emergencies and should be the ones administering it
Making Narcan readily available to the public has the potential to give drug users the temptation to push their high to the limit and then return from the brink of death
The mostly volunteer EMTs at the fire department will receive training on how to administer the heroin overdose antidote
At least 17 states and the District of Columbia can publicly administer the heroin overdose antidote, and at least 10 allow for prescriptions to family or friends of drug users
Buffalo officers will be the first department in their area able to administer the heroin antidote through a nasal spray
Atomized nasal medications, like naloxone or fentanyl, absorb directly into the brain and CSF via olfactory mucosa
Just because you are trained and authorized to give a drug, doesn’t mean you should give that drug
