AEMT First Responder Paramedicine 
JEMS
JUNE 11, 2025
Patients, family, friends, and other first responders are offered boxes of naloxone, and everyone is educated on how to use the medication. Provided photo.) Naloxone Distribution and Public Education LCAD purchased 600 boxes of naloxone nasal spray to distribute free of charge. The Lincoln County Journal. 2024, September 16).
JEMS
JUNE 12, 2025
2 Another study found that over 87% of patients seen in community paramedicine programs had multiple chronic diseases, with a high prevalence of mental health needs and medication non-adherence. 3 For EMS educators, this means updating pharmacology content and scenario-based to reflect today’s reality.
JEMS
JUNE 13, 2025
Importantly, these overdoses are often incompletely responsive to naloxone, creating confusion and concern among first responders. In one surveillance program in Philadelphia, medetomidine was found in 72% of fentanyl samples, surpassing even xylazine in prevalence.
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