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.
Long-time paramedic hopes to educate her community on overdoses after son鈥檚 struggle
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
Health officials are advising people who use drugs to have naloxone on hand, which can be obtained at needle exchanges and other locations
An estimated 4,500 naloxone kits were distributed across 85 locations, with some locations running out in two hours or less
State officials are distributing 5,000 free kits of naloxone to 80 locations during a holiday season that often ushers in a surge in opioid overdoses
The opioid crisis increases the odds that prehospital field providers will encounter NCPE
Miami County officials did not renew a state grant to receive free doses of naloxone, saying 鈥渙verdoses are down significantly鈥� in the area
As part of the ongoing effort to battle the opioid epidemic, Jefferson County Sheriff Mike Hale late last month armed his deputies with naloxone
The Shawnee Mission School Board approved an agreement this week with Johnson County Emergency Services to stock naloxone at district schools
Project Leave Behind provides Orange County responders with naloxone kits to distribute to the families of those treated for overdoses
Destinie Campanella, a mental health advocate, is among the few engaging with the homeless in South Philly
The people who attended the event learned all about the signs of an overdose, and they received a free naloxone kit
Purdue Pharma, the embattled maker of OxyContin, announced a $3.42 million grant to support a nonprofit pharmaceutical company鈥檚 development
Luis Garcia鈥檚 South Florida Opioid Crisis Mortality Reduction Project hopes to reduce the number of fatal overdoses
The bill would expand a naloxone grant program, authorize a grant to teach post-overdose treatment and authorize funding for technology to screen for deadly drugs
Nearly half a million more dollars and an extra death investigator are needed to keep up with the record number of opioid deaths in Kent County
Allegany County Department of Emergency Services received more than $30,000 in state grant funding to help cover the cost of naloxone
The state has authorized 27 organizations across the state to distribute and administer the medication without a prescription
The day can hopefully provide a life-saving option for those at risk of opioid overdose, and break down the stigmas
Sharing data across EMS agencies is one of the most effective ways to combat the opioid crisis in communities
The Georgia Overdose Prevention has trained hundreds of people to administer naloxone and is responsible for at least 1,347 lifesaving reversals
Last year, Denver鈥檚 Central Library trained 350 staff members, more than half its personnel, to administer naloxone
Is widespread naloxone administration by non-medically trained responders preventing overdose patients from reaching definitive care?
The voluntary recall was prompted by the potential for 鈥渓oose particulate matter on the syringe plunger,鈥� which could result in a range of adverse effects
A new grant will help emergency medical personnel in Frederick County leave behind a lifesaving overdose reversal medication with overdose patients
Allegheny County officials are considering a 12-percent increase in overdose deaths last year a win over previous years that saw far higher increases
Indiana State Department of Health believes the more available naloxone is, the more those struggling with opioid abuse can find the help they need
Dr. Jerome Adams issued a national advisory urging the public to educate themselves on how to use naloxone and keep it on hand
Three Massachusetts towns recently launched a pilot program to provide members of the public with naloxone
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
