Substance Abuse
Sandwich (MA) Fire Chief John Burke reflects on how properly disposing medical waste has helped safeguard his community against COVID-19, the opioid epidemic and in-house medical care
The Bicycle Emergency Response Team is engaging the community, while providing quick response to difficult-to-access venues
Let people know how to stay safe in the sun and heat, in the water and on the road
Consider a variety of funding sources and make your case for why you need it, how you plan to use it and who will benefit
A program to safely dispose of unwanted medication is expanding with the aim of helping curb prescription drug abuse and overdoses
Wilmington’s quick response team consists of a group of health experts who contact overdose survivors in an effort to direct them toward treatment
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said they captured nearly 254 pounds of the deadly synthetic opioid from a load of Mexican produce
Manufactured, concocted and blended opioids require EMS training, PPE and decontamination strategies
Clark County Commissioner Melanie Flax Wilt said “a coordination of efforts among many different agencies” has helped decrease the number of fatal overdoses
Harness a passion for care to identify improvement opportunities in clinical specialty areas and propose change
New protocol virtually did away with pain pumps, devices that allow patients to dose themselves with morphine after surgery
Thirteen people at the same party overdosed all at once, making it one of the worst mass overdose events in Northern California since the opioid crisis hit
Health officials are advising people who use drugs to have naloxone on hand, which can be obtained at needle exchanges and other locations
Kootenai County EMS Chief Chris Way said the ambulance, which was designed with safety in mind, “did its job” after a drunk driver crashed into it
Greenboro’s GCSTOP prevents repeat overdoses by counseling “persistent users to enter treatment or adopt evidence-based harm-reduction practices”
The National Safety Council found that the odds of dying from an accidental opioid overdose were 1 in 96
Chico police Chief Mike O’Brien said the mass overdose appears to have been largely caused by the dangerous opioid fentanyl
Christopher Hartley was arrested on a child-neglect charge after an 11-month-old ingested his heroin and Xanax pills
Two doctors have had their licenses suspended after working together to sell prescriptions through an insurance company they created
A “Health of the City” report found that overdoses outstripped all other causes of death except for heart disease and cancer in 2017
Huntington Fire Department Chief Jan Rader discusses her community’s unique approach to decreasing opioid overdoses
Attorney General Chris Carr filed a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors for their alleged role in fueling the opioid crisis
Nearly 50,000 drug-exposed infants have been born in California since 2000
Our co-hosts continue their discussion with EMS1 columnist and defense attorney David Givot on the impact medical marijuana has in EMS
Three passengers were being transported by a ride-share driver when they spotted a parked ambulance and asked the driver to pull over
Safe Stations turned all 12 of Providence’s firehouses into safe havens for people seeking treatment for their addictions
Police said a driver sideswiped an ambulance and smashed into a cruiser in the parking lot of an apartment complex where a fire broke out
Our co-hosts discuss the pros and cons of industry personnel using medical marijuana to work through issues of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress
A recent study found that other drugs or treatments may be more helpful for non-cancer pain
Climate change, connectivity, value-based reimbursements will shape the coming year in EMS service and delivery
An estimated 4,500 naloxone kits were distributed across 85 locations, with some locations running out in two hours or less
Colby VanWagoner pleaded guilty to stealing vials of morphine from ambulances and replacing them with watered-down solutions
Indianapolis EMS officials said out of the 63 people transported to the hospital for scooter injuries, 19 of them were intoxicated
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