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Mobile Integrated Health Significantly Reduces Opioid-Related Deaths

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One ambulance district’s Mobile Integrated Health (MIH) Division has recently made a big impact in reducing opioid-related overdose deaths in their community by increasing harm-reduction products and therapies. 1 Lincoln County Ambulance District responded to 166 opioid overdose calls in 2022 and 107 opioid overdose calls in 2023.

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The Widely Varying Role of the Advanced EMT in Modern EMS

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While advanced EMT training and certification is recognized at the state and national registry level, there’s a great deal of variety in how agencies use AEMTS. AEMTs in a Hybrid EMS System Steven Kroll is the chief and executive director of Delmar Bethlehem EMS (DBEMS), an agency that covers the town of Bethlehem in Albany County.

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Unraveling Myths in Mobile Medicine, Part 2: My Interview with Judy Faulkner

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Consider also the self-defeating fantasies that hospitals and healthcare systems do not care about Mobile Medicine; that they don’t care whether fire and ambulance services stay in business; and that prehospital data is seen as extraneous. None of these are true.

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Smarter Medicine, Smarter Tools: Preparing EMS for the Next Era of Patient Care

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The future of prehospital emergency care: Embracing AI applications in ambulance services. EMS Operations News News Feed Headlines New Hampshire Man Steals Ambulance at TX Hospital, Crashes Into Tree Following Police Chase Houston police recovered a stolen ambulance Wednesday after a 30-minute pursuit. Al Badawi, A. Alanazi, M.

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Medetomidine Overdose: Why More Naloxone Is Not the Answer—But Timely Respiratory Support Is

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Fire Department Ambulance, Authorities Say A woman is in custody after allegedly driving into a Los Angeles Fire Department ambulance transporting a child, officials said at the scene. Medetomidine.

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NREMT Launches New Certification Examinations for Paramedics and AEMTs

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From the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians Launches New Certification Examinations for Paramedics and AEMTs The examinations align the National Registry with other […] The post NREMT Launches New Certification Examinations for Paramedics and AEMTs appeared first on American Ambulance (..)

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