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.
From an airway management wake-up call to the efficacy of naloxone on out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, these studies will be making waves in 2025
Educating patients at the highest risk for suffering a fatal overdose
EMS Trend Survey seeks input for What Paramedics Want in 2025 report
The state-of-the industry survey focuses on wellness, career development and satisfaction in EMS
The Justice Department is sending out over $3M to support mentoring for at-risk young people and increase access to naloxone.
The number of people who died of overdoses in Denver public spaces more than tripled between 2018 and 2022, data shows
Three other children exhibited symptoms of opioid intoxication and were treated with Narcan by first responders on scene
First responders were called to the daycare on reports of three unconscious children
Increase in public deaths leaves individuals to consider carrying naloxone and businesses training employees on how to respond to overdoses
The opioid overdose-reversing drug is expected to be available at pharmacies nationally and online
Experts in Yakima County say the number of fentanyl users and the amount of pills consumed are increasing
The program aims for nurses to work alongside police officers to assist individuals struggling with substance use disorders and mental health
Working with law enforcement to identify protocols and preferences can help them help you
How well do you know your prehospital medications?
Homeless Health Care Los Angeles teams carry oxygen, along with naloxone, to reverse the effects of opioid overdose
Training in Hartshorne focused on administering naloxone and patient care
From house calls to heartfelt care: Inside the evolution of a Texas county鈥檚 community paramedicine program
Senate Bill 186 allows the use of Opvee as overdoses in the state are rising
First responders in Oceanside faced six men down due to a drug overdose
Mercer County officials are placing the devices after a medical emergency at the Courthouse Annex earlier this year
The bill introduced by Supervisor Matt Dorsey would require pharmacies to stock the nasal spray or face fines
鈥淲e don鈥檛 know whether xylazine is increasing the risk of overdose or reducing the risk of overdose,鈥� Dr. Lewis Nelson of Rutgers New Jersey Medical School said
Honolulu EMS warns personnel to be on the lookout for signs of xylazine
Matthew W. Milburn told first responders the unconscious subject was 鈥�10-4' and they could cancel their response
Albuterol, fentanyl and naloxone injectable are among the drugs being recalled 鈥� many of which are in very short supply, with no alternate source available
Studies, funded by the federal government, found Opvee achieved similar recovery results to Narcan
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to spend millions to provide Narcan but the end of grant funding may impact delivery
Over 2,200 unhoused people died in 2021, a sharper increase than in the years before the COVID-19 pandemic
By the end of May, every firefighter in Chattanooga will have completed online training about xylazine, a sedative veterinary drug, based on information from the DEA
FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf cited 鈥渢he dire public health need鈥� for the opioid antagonist
The mother handed the child to Boca Raton Fire Rescue paramedics, who helped him regain a faint pulse before transporting him
The state legislature passed a law last year to help school districts and first responders have access to the overdose drug
If approved, naloxone would be available for free in many places, and first responders would be empowered to distribute naloxone kits to the public
The campaign centers on awareness of opioid addiction and action steps to take if someone is in crisis
