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The Âé¶¹ÃÛÌÒmvÔÚÏß¹Û¿´ naloxone topic includes a variety of news, information, videos and analysis about the growing opioid addiction epidemic and EMS response challenges and strategies, including overdose assessment, treatment strategies and trends, drug delivery models and more.

Real-world data of high-dose naloxone administration by law enforcement officers found no added benefit to opioid overdose patients
Dr. Jerry Snow shares xylazine pharmacology, treatment tips and high-dose naloxone implications
The state-of-the industry survey focuses on wellness, career development and satisfaction in EMS
Heroin cut with a synthetic cannabinoid has been connected to several recent overdoses in the city
Through the program, children are taught about the dangers of opioids and given free doses of the antidote to take home
The program includes both short-term and long-term measures to improve the survival of those dealing with substance abuse issues
The student performed CPR before police arrived to administer Narcan
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration is offering 25 grants worth up to $800,000 to rural EMS agencies
The Leave It Behind program aims to reduce overdose deaths by giving patients access to naloxone at home
The device is implanted under the skin and automatically releases naloxone when it detects a drop in blood-oxygen level
Using restraints to protect a patient from harming themselves or providers is not new to EMS, but the circumstances are
The falsehood of naloxone-induced aggression and assault
The Greater New Bedford TRAIN is seeking to reach more than 7,000 people through education and assistance for opioids treatment and recovery
By leveraging naloxone and buprenorphine, along with behavioral therapies, medication-assisted treatment attacks opioid addiction from all sides
The order functions as statewide prescription enabling all Washington residents and organizations to go to any pharmacy to get naloxone
Firefighters will be carrying two doses of naloxone after the department administered the drug on 223 calls in one year
Using data, AMR can position ambulances accordingly and reduce the response time from the moment they get the call to administering Narcan to the patient
Senate Bill 418, would allow departments to obtain prescriptions for, purchase and distribute EpiPens to firefighters, police with training on how to administer the drug
The airline will begin carrying naloxone in medical kits after a passenger was found in the bathroom unresponsive
A Delta passenger took to social media to ask the airline to start carrying the overdose drug to prevent this situation from happening again
A case study in opioid overdose complications, management strategies and provider safety
The Santa Fe County’s new harm-reduction unit aims to provide access to treatment, education and the necessary drugs before they become a statistic
A woman pleaded with an EMT after stopping at Cabell County EMS to give her dog, Charlie Boy, naloxone to prevent a fatal overdose after he ate OxyContin
Police charged Troy Darin Kendall, Jr. with aggravated assault, disorderly conduct and harassment
BLS and law enforcement naloxone administration improves already stretched EMS systems management of increased opioid overdoses
Nearly 23,000 people in Maryland have been certified to dispense naloxone and reported administering it more than 600 times since a 2013 law expanded access beyond medical professionals, according to health officials
In 2018, San Francisco paramedics administered naloxone to 1,647 people, up from 980 two years earlier, according to numbers from the city’s emergency response system
The prosecutor described a scene that quickly changed from a routine medical call to a chaotic, dangerous situation with multiple shots being fired by Houston and by officers trying to deal with the threat he posed
The training will enable California EMTs to administer and use naloxone, epinephrine and a glucometer, according to the California Emergency Medical Services Authority
Naloxone administrations by the state’s emergency responders declined last year after peaking at more than 50,000 in 2017
Kevin Barker, TCGplayer’s safety officer, called 911, then administered Narcan nasal spray after recognizing symptoms of a possible overdose
EMS Executive Director Charles Cremeans said overdoses seem to come in waves when a new batch of heroin or fentanyl hits the streets, but is seeing an increase overall
EMS providers in Clatsop County consistently administer naloxone for opioid overdoses at rates higher than the state average