Naloxone
The SA国际传媒 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.
How to apply for grant funding for naloxone and opioid-reversal interventions and more
Our co-hosts dissect Editor-in-Chief Kerri Hatt鈥檚 recent article on fentanyl exposure based on her conversation with Simon Taxel, NRP, BA, crew chief and public safety diver with the Pittsburgh Bureau of EMS
Opioid settlement funding will continue for 11 to 18 years, and it is expected that more settlements will be forthcoming. Is your agency getting its share?
Carla Grant is under investigation after saying a pregnant woman who was revived with naloxone should have been 鈥渓eft to rot鈥�
Ryan Fowler now uses his experience of being saved from an overdose three times to give talks to firefighters about his experience
Further research is needed to determine if naloxone access laws actually increase distribution and use of naloxone, and high-risk behavior by patients with opioid use disorder
By broadening addict and layperson access to naloxone, the paper claims naloxone access laws don鈥檛 reduce opioid-related mortality
Data suggests the tide of opioid overdoses is starting to turn in a number of states, driving an overall reduction in overdose deaths
This issue features articles on the opioid epidemic鈥檚 impact on responders and how EMS is leading the charge in the post-overdose survival phase of the addiction cycle
Police said Jenna Morasca bit an officer while in an ambulance after she was found unconscious in her running parked car
Carfentanil has become a key topic for health officials and law enforcement who work to combat this synthetic opioid鈥檚 responsibility for addiction and death that continues to rise.
The city鈥檚 EMS bureau last month became one of the first in Pennsylvania to implement a naloxone leave-behind program
The state, who pays for the $70 kits, will now only hand them out to people most likely to find an overdose victim
The amount of naloxone administered by laypersons in 2017 was 232 mg, an increase of 442 percent
Each person who took a kit was taught how to administer naloxone; the effort is being funded by a federal grant
Philadelphia Fire Department EMS Deputy Commissioner Jeremiah Laster said the city considered making a trip to the hospital mandatory
It will be available only to security officers, but the hope is that it can soon be put in the hands of student residence hall advisers
By waiving the fee, Aetna said it can reduce barriers to patients getting the treatments they need
The Unified Fire Authority will also teach everyone how to use the kit in an effort to teach the public how to reverse overdoses
Officials said a cleaning crew and a hazardous materials team are working to clean up affected areas
The three organizations are working together to develop an evidence-based guideline for naloxone administration
University of North Dakota student Tristan Meadows wants to get 50 Narcan kits into the hands of leaders across campus
Another medic was able to administer naloxone to the firefighter-medic, who was transported to the hospital along with the patient
The number of annual drug overdose deaths in New Mexico has plateaued amid a series of pioneering policies to combat opioid addiction
Luis Garcia is giving away free doses of the lifesaving drug to local businesses that could potentially encounter an overdose
The drug will be available without a prescription in 45 states, and Walgreens said they are 鈥渆ager and willing鈥� to increase that number
Officials said a third student became ill at the high school from taking an unknown drug
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
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
鈥淲hen you look at accidental deaths within the U.S. in the last year, opioid deaths have surpassed car accidents,鈥� Dr. Mark Miedema said
