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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. This mobile unit allowed MIH paramedics to bring care for SUD/OUD throughout the rural landscape.

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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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Feit, MBA, MA 10 min read Share To: Judy Faulkner, left, and Jonathon Feit. Photo provided by the author.) Nine years ago , I wrote the only essay that I ever hoped would be wrong. Maybe half is a little overstating but certainly plenty of them.”

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

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MAML, NRP, WP-C 12 min read Share To: The annual ranking of the top-selling prescription drugs in the United States provides a window into the nation’s health, revealing trends in chronic disease and the rapid rise of breakthrough therapies steering patient care. Since beginning my EMS career in 1993, the U.S. Adapted from J.

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

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Instead, EMS providers should focus on restoring ventilation and oxygenation: Use bag-valve-mask ventilation or airway adjuncts Provide supplemental oxygen Titrate naloxone only until respiratory effort resumes, not full arousal This “breathe, don’t wake” strategy is safer and more appropriate when sedatives like medetomidine may be involved.

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