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How Drones Are Transforming EMS Logistics and Healthcare Delivery

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Drones Add Real-Time Eyes and Rapid Life-Saving Deliveries to First Responders Walsh also discussed Valqari’s emerging work with first responder agencies, including fire and EMS units. This fusion of timely supplies and real-time information enhances emergency response dramatically.

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We Don’t Need More Paramedics—We Need Fewer Calls

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Rivera, DNP, MBA, RN 7 min read Share To: Shutterstock/Matt Gush Abstract All emergency medical service (EMS) systems across the United States face overwhelming pressure. More paramedics will not solve the problem because the real solution lies in reducing the number of unnecessary emergency responses. CT Insider. Manistee News.

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GA County Launches Narcan Vending Machine

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Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, reverses opioid overdoses by attaching to opioid receptors in the brain and blocking other opioids. Georgia had 15,457 opioid overdose incidents requiring an emergency response from 2024 to the present, according to the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP).

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‘Mass Casualty’: 25 Hospitalized After Suspected Drug Overdoses in Baltimore

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The site remains an active emergency response scene. Workers from nearby Penn North Recovery Center were already on the scene, Hudson said, joined by emergency medical personnel from the Johns Hopkins Hospital. BPD reminds individuals that under Good Samaritan laws, they can seek medical care without fear of arrest.”