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.
Real-world data of high-dose naloxone administration by law enforcement officers found no added benefit to opioid overdose patients
Dr. Jerry Snow shares xylazine pharmacology, treatment tips and high-dose naloxone implications
The state-of-the industry survey focuses on wellness, career development and satisfaction in EMS
Purdue Pharma, the embattled maker of OxyContin, announced a $3.42 million grant to support a nonprofit pharmaceutical company’s development
Luis Garcia’s South Florida Opioid Crisis Mortality Reduction Project hopes to reduce the number of fatal overdoses
The bill would expand a naloxone grant program, authorize a grant to teach post-overdose treatment and authorize funding for technology to screen for deadly drugs
Nearly half a million more dollars and an extra death investigator are needed to keep up with the record number of opioid deaths in Kent County
Allegany County Department of Emergency Services received more than $30,000 in state grant funding to help cover the cost of naloxone
The state has authorized 27 organizations across the state to distribute and administer the medication without a prescription
The day can hopefully provide a life-saving option for those at risk of opioid overdose, and break down the stigmas
Sharing data across EMS agencies is one of the most effective ways to combat the opioid crisis in communities
The Georgia Overdose Prevention has trained hundreds of people to administer naloxone and is responsible for at least 1,347 lifesaving reversals
Last year, Denver’s Central Library trained 350 staff members, more than half its personnel, to administer naloxone
Is widespread naloxone administration by non-medically trained responders preventing overdose patients from reaching definitive care?
The voluntary recall was prompted by the potential for “loose particulate matter on the syringe plunger,” which could result in a range of adverse effects
A new grant will help emergency medical personnel in Frederick County leave behind a lifesaving overdose reversal medication with overdose patients
Allegheny County officials are considering a 12-percent increase in overdose deaths last year a win over previous years that saw far higher increases
Indiana State Department of Health believes the more available naloxone is, the more those struggling with opioid abuse can find the help they need
Dr. Jerome Adams issued a national advisory urging the public to educate themselves on how to use naloxone and keep it on hand
Three Massachusetts towns recently launched a pilot program to provide members of the public with naloxone
Carla Grant is under investigation after saying a pregnant woman who was revived with naloxone should have been “left to rot”
Ryan Fowler now uses his experience of being saved from an overdose three times to give talks to firefighters about his experience
Further research is needed to determine if naloxone access laws actually increase distribution and use of naloxone, and high-risk behavior by patients with opioid use disorder
By broadening addict and layperson access to naloxone, the paper claims naloxone access laws don’t reduce opioid-related mortality
Data suggests the tide of opioid overdoses is starting to turn in a number of states, driving an overall reduction in overdose deaths
This issue features articles on the opioid epidemic’s impact on responders and how EMS is leading the charge in the post-overdose survival phase of the addiction cycle
Police said Jenna Morasca bit an officer while in an ambulance after she was found unconscious in her running parked car
Carfentanil has become a key topic for health officials and law enforcement who work to combat this synthetic opioid’s responsibility for addiction and death that continues to rise.
The city’s EMS bureau last month became one of the first in Pennsylvania to implement a naloxone leave-behind program
The state, who pays for the $70 kits, will now only hand them out to people most likely to find an overdose victim
The amount of naloxone administered by laypersons in 2017 was 232 mg, an increase of 442 percent
Each person who took a kit was taught how to administer naloxone; the effort is being funded by a federal grant