Pharmacology
The pharmacology topic includes a variety of news, information, videos and feature articles about the science of drug action on biological systems.
Chief David Lewis and Kyle Gaines join the podcast to discuss a successful MIH initiative getting patients to treatment counselors
Spoiler alert, we are terrible at giving epinephrine to anaphylaxis patients. But we’re going to fix this right now!
The PCR is all that stands between you and trouble when you find yourself on the witness stand
Walgreens Boots Alliance is specifically targeting locations near military bases and other areas where the opioid epidemic has challenged communities
Attorney General Mike DeWine is creating a task force of health insurers to find way to solve the addiction crisis
Courtesy of Bound Tree University and Bound Tree Medical
The agency notified 74 manufacturers of so-called immediate-release opioids that their drugs will now be subject to the tougher requirements
Our co-hosts are joined by EMS1 video producer Ray Kemp to discuss his latest video project, which looks at an addict’s side of addiction
Melania Trump wants to work in tandem with the president’s drug commission on youth and prevention initiatives
From 2014 to 2017, the number of opioid-related deaths reported in Maryland more than doubled
The decision, which came down Friday, allows paramedics across the state to administer acetaminophen, Motrin and an IV option of Toradol
Police and paramedics found the boy unresponsive with shallow breathing in a home where several adults with drug history live
The program will also limit the daily dosage based on their strength; restriction will apply to patients who are new to pain pills
Recent spikes in the Maryland heroin and opioid epidemic have triggered calls for substantial changes in education systems statewide
HHS, CDC commit opioid funding grant money to public health based models for combating the crisis
Overdose deaths rose to 1,631 in Tennessee in 2016, more than double what was seen statewide just five years ago
The lawsuit seeks to limit the availability of the drugs that often lead to addiction
Initiative aims to save lives, reduce illegal and prescription drug misuse, improve overdose and early interventions to treatment and recovery through education
Federal prosecutors said Joseph Comstock stole morphine and fentanyl for his personal use
A first responder shares his own addiction story and why nobody should fear reaching out or calling 911
The funds will be used to strengthen prevention efforts and better track opioid-related overdoses
“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
2003 AHA guidelines noted IOs provide a favorable alternative to traditional IV techniques for fluid and medication administration
A petition asked the FDA to ban opioid pills that would add up to a daily dose of more than 90 milligrams of morphine
Overdose-related ICU admissions in Pennsylvania nearly doubled between 2009 and 2015
A record 4,050 people died of drug overdoses in 2016, with fatalities driven in large part by the emergence of stronger drugs
Several agencies have published recommendations to protect frontline public safety providers from accidental occupational opioid exposures
Rates of medication-assisted treatment, considered the gold standard for opioid addiction, went up 12 percent
The overdose death rate rose to 3.7 per 100,000 teens in 2015, from 3.1 the previous year
Learn how four paramedic chiefs are collecting and analyzing data to fight the opioid overdose epidemic in their communities
EMS director Matthew Bivens said TXA is “lifesaving,” and has been “proven on battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan”
