Substance Use Disorders
This section provides EMS professionals with resources and training focused on identifying, managing and responding to patients with substance use disorders (SUDs). Articles cover recognition of drug and alcohol use in the field, treatment best practices, harm reduction strategies, and the evolving role of EMS in the opioid crisis. Learn how to address provider safety, compassion fatigue and stigma, while improving patient outcomes through evidence-based care and community partnerships.
Eagle County Paramedic Services launches a naloxone distribution program to help treat opioid overdoses in homes
Taigman discusses his 5-step wellness checkup, how to look after the welfare of others, as well as coping strategies, including his own journey into meditation
In this episode, hear the experts discuss pitfalls and pearls regarding the unpredictable presentations that can occur in patients abusing methamphetamine.
Police officers are investigating how the child overdosed and how he got the drugs
The naloxone will be provided to the school district for free; the school nurses said they want to help save lives
The sites allow people suffering from heroin and opioid addiction to inject drugs under the supervision of medical professionals
Gov. Rick Scott, who declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency in May, wants more than $50 million in funding
Officials from four federal health agencies delivered their dire assessment of the opioid epidemic
More than 60,000 kits of the drug that reverses the effects of an opioid overdose will be available for two years with $5 million in state funding
Attorney General Tom Miller said the deal makes public agencies eligible for a $6-per-dose rebate on naloxone purchases
The lawsuit alleges the pharma companies used deceptive marketing practices to tout the benefits of opioids for chronic pain
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
Darren Lawrence began acting violently before punching a female EMT on the way to the hospital, according to police
Courtesy of Bound Tree University and Bound Tree Medical
Officials said the girl was very articulate and composed when telling the dispatchers her mother was unresponsive
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
Barbara Harshman walked a caller through the process of what to do when an overdose victim began to turn blue
“It’s a demographic that people are more reluctant to challenge,” Hartford Healthcare Network Senior VP Patricia Rehmer said
Melania Trump wants to work in tandem with the president’s drug commission on youth and prevention initiatives
The victim’s mother said Steven Deaton tried to overdose on painkillers because he would “rather die than go to jail”
From 2014 to 2017, the number of opioid-related deaths reported in Maryland more than doubled
Charlie Hagan and Joseph Critelli were arrested after they made a 911 call about the baby’s erratic breathing
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 Washington/Baltimore High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area created ODMAP to give responders data they need to treat victims quickly
After showing up naked and covered in mud on a neighbor’s doorstep and telling him he had just killed four people, Orion Krause told officers, “I freed them”
“It’s hard to see something like that. I think it hit everybody,” father Pat Spettel said about seeing his daughter pretend to be a DUI victim
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
