Pharmacology
The pharmacology topic includes a variety of news, information, videos and feature articles about the science of drug action on biological systems.
Looking back into the data on EMS activations and trends, and looking forward in hope
Drs. Antevy, Piehl and Spiro evaluate EMS video of a patient receiving whole blood and a finger thoracostomy
Evans and Cebollero discuss: Should politicians be able to make decisions based on clinical care in an area in which they have no knowledge?
Paramedic services were suspended in May due to a lack of a coordinator, expired medications found on ambulances and lapses in drug record-keeping procedures
The driver who crashed a van carrying vacation Bible school students into a freight train at a rail crossing told paramedics she had been taking Vicodin and Adderall all day
Statewide, there have been more than 1,900 emergency department visits from April through June alone, prompting an existing list of banned substances to include new chemical compounds
He was sentenced to seven years of probation and required to quit the EMS service
Gov. Maggie Hassan said declaring a public health emergency would not allow the state to redirect a federal grant or fund ways to remove the drug from the streets
The increase is due to bees, wasps and fire ants being active in the spring and summer months
The EMT is suspected of stealing money and medication from the purses and wallets of colleagues
With overdose deaths on the rise, town officials are considering an education and treatment program to combat opiate use
Police used a Taser to subdue the man, who kicked a medic in the head and punched and bit officers
Suspected overdose calls increased 106 percent from 339 in 2013 to 700 in 2014, and another 31 percent to 918 through July
Plantation Fire Rescue administers powerful sedative to suspected flakka users to calm them down for the safety of all involved
Legislation and regulatory change has made it is possible for cops, parents, teachers, and friends of addicts to obtain naloxone; this is what you need to know before you buy a kit
Emergency Marijuana Service owns 15 trucks for selling marijuana lollipops across the US
Witnesses report and video shows man suspected of LSD overdose face-down on a stretcher with his legs pulled back and bound
Both children, in separate incidents, died from acute intoxication of heroin mixed with fentanyl
Police became suspicious of the fully staffed ambulance because of its cross-country route
The man ran into a Fla. police station saying he took bad drugs, jumped from an ambulance and tried to break into homes
The FDA reconfirmed an epinephrine shortage, and high demands for auto injectors may make them difficult to obtain
The 27-year-old pleaded guilty to possession of drugs he obtained for himself and five friends to share at a music festival
Host Chris Cebollero talks about the toll heroin is taking on a friend’s daughter and a report from the CDC that says heroin use doubled in two years
New research reveals why heroin overdose deaths doubled in two years, and the need for increased use of naloxone
Medical examiner confirms multiple bee stings as the cause of death for the 65-year-old man
There is much we don’t know about how TXA works and its role in reducing mortality from severe hemorrhage
About 60 to 70 Boulder police officers will be equipped with nasal atomizers to administer the drug, which reverses the effects of a heroin overdose
An uptick in bizarre calls involving patients who are often naked and delirious from flakka use puts responders in chaotic, dangerous situations
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