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Mobile Integrated Health Significantly Reduces Opioid-Related Deaths

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Provided photo.) By Sarah Czarnecki The Opioid Crisis in Lincoln County, Missouri The opioid epidemic continues to impact communities across the nation despite the relentless work dedicated to ending it. Grant Funding In 2022, the county reported 28 overdose deaths, and in 2023, 27 overdose deaths were reported.

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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. 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.

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

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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. Since beginning my EMS career in 1993, the U.S. 1 Many of these approvals represent entirely new drug classes or treatment approaches.

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

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Importantly, these overdoses are often incompletely responsive to naloxone, creating confusion and concern among first responders. Medetomidine acts independently of the opioid receptors and cannot be reversed by naloxone. 2 Withdrawal from medetomidine presents a different challenge. 2,6 What About Withdrawal?

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