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.
Eagle County Paramedic Services launches a naloxone distribution program to help treat opioid overdoses in homes
Gaining signals from noise and understanding the trajectory of service delivery
How to add intranasal drugs to the BLS scope of practice, and why it would be a valuable addition to the BLS toolbox
The goal is to provide the bar and restaurant owners the antidote in order to help addicts who overdose 鈥� often in bathrooms
Police administered naloxone after finding the man unconscious at an Arby鈥檚 restaurant
Learn how four paramedic chiefs are collecting and analyzing data to fight the opioid overdose epidemic in their communities
The driver, who was arraigned for a misdemeanor DUI charge, was found unconscious and revived with naloxone
The Fayette County Health Department distributed 925 doses from September to April, when the money ran out from a grant they had received to purchase the drug
鈥淣arcan is more of a Band-Aid, it doesn鈥檛 really fix anything,鈥� Madison County EMS Director Carlos Coyle said
EMS experience, overdose patient data and funding needs aren鈥檛 mentioned in commission鈥檚 national emergency declaration request to President Trump
Police said city firefighters and ambulance personnel administered naloxone
Davis told Fayetteville police officers that he used narcotics before he lost consciousness in his vehicle, which was parked at a Walgreens
The Cook County Jail has trained about 900 inmates how to use naloxone and has distributed 400 of them to at-risk men and women as they got out
The driver was given naloxone and transported to a hospital; she will be arrested on charges of felony bail jumping
Assistant State Attorney Alan Johnson 鈥渟uggested that they have a cut off鈥� for patients who overdose multiple times
鈥淚t is the youngest suspected OD we鈥檝e had in the city ever,鈥� Christopher Hickey of Manchester Fire Department said
Jeremy English said he was driving when he saw a car pulled over with four overdose victims inside
Noah Daughhetee, of IndivisibleOH8, said his group believes that 鈥渦sing Narcan on someone who overdosed is the humane thing to do鈥�
Prescriptions are no longer needed for the medicine, which can be found at local pharmacies
The Akron Board of Education passed the motion as a proactive step toward preventing death by opioids
Investigators said she was unresponsive when police and paramedics arrived but was revived with a dose of naloxone
Our co-hosts discuss the 鈥渢hree strikes, you鈥檙e out鈥� overdose rule a councilman proposed and how another county will soon distribute free naloxone
A new law requires all public schools to begin stocking the drug and training staff on how to administer it
Commissioners unanimously approved a measure to allow the health department to give away doses of the drug to anyone who completes state-certified training on how to use it
Douglas Adkins said no new method has been adopted and responders will continue to render aid
If an overdose victim has not performed community service on their third overdose, then responders would not be dispatched to the call
This vicious cycle experienced by many addicts has added a new facet to Ohio鈥檚 grim war against opioid abuse: compassion fatigue
Steve Sundquist said he has been sober since enrolling in a 75-day treatment program
More than 250 first responder agencies, public health departments and qualifying non-profit community groups across 35 states, have received donated EVZIO Auto-injectors
The city is on track to spend $100,000 on naloxone in 2017, despite a budget of $10,000
The city is running low on naloxone due to an increase in overdoses; officials said they need funding for more supplies
Thirty-eight percent of of overdoses from January to May occurred in public places
The current plan is to update training to make sure that first responders are aware of the risks posed by contact with fentanyl
