Pharmacology
The pharmacology topic includes a variety of news, information, videos and feature articles about the science of drug action on biological systems.
Dr. Jerry Snow shares xylazine pharmacology, treatment tips and high-dose naloxone implications
Critical insights into the implications of recent court rulings on EMS practice and patient care
Chief David Lewis and Kyle Gaines join the podcast to discuss a successful MIH initiative getting patients to treatment counselors
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”
Medication mistakes are usually due to multiple causal factors but are considered preventable incidents
EMS providers who can look beyond ketamine’s perception as a street or veterinary drug will find it is uniquely positioned to treat sepsis
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
Over the last year, ACMT and AACT developed the document to satisfy responder requests for fact-based opioid response safety guidance
The president said that the nation’s addiction to opioids is “a serious problem, the likes of which we have never had”
The state alleges that Purdue Pharma has downplayed the drug’s risk of addiction, overstated its effectiveness and failed to report suspicious prescribers
The EMS providers were transporting a patient when the driver became ill and had to be given naloxone
The president did not announce any new policy, but vowed to work with health professionals and law enforcement on the crisis
A cross-agency collaboration in Lowell, Mass., uses an overdose data-driven approach to improve performance and save lives
Learn how the test strips work, how much they cost and get some resources for establishing a fentanyl test strips program targeting overdose reductions
Police caught Brenden Ivie, 21, with an IV catheter port attached to his arm during a sting operation
Some say the new report could have an impact on efforts to establish safe injection sites around the U.S.
The Start Talking Maryland Act requires schools to offer drug education that includes the dangers of heroin and other opioids starting as early as third grade
“I am surprised that many of the recommendations are actually being followed here in California,” treatment center director Marjeanne Stone said
Artist Kathryn Pannepacke invites people from the front lines of Philadelphia’s opioid epidemic into her store for food and craft projects
“Narcan is more of a Band-Aid, it doesn’t really fix anything,” Madison County EMS Director Carlos Coyle said
The commission, led by Chris Christie, was created in March and charged with studying ways to combat and treat drug abuse, addiction and the opioid crisis
