Community Paramedicine NARCAN Overdose 
JEMS
JULY 17, 2025
It’s not every day we use Narcan on a four-legged patient — but our teams are ready for just about anything,” the post says. Lacey Fire District 3 shared photos of the puppy on its Facebook page Tuesday afternoon. The Olympian has asked the Nisqually Police Department to comment on the situation and the status of the puppy.
JEMS
JULY 7, 2025
7 min read Commentary EMS Training EMT Training Exclusives Paramedic Training EMS EMS Education EMT National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians Paramedic GA County Launches Narcan Vending Machine The machine, stocked with roughly 120 boxes of medication, is open 24 hours a day.
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JEMS
JULY 16, 2025
Their Guardian system can deliver critical emergency supplies—Narcan, epinephrine, blood products, AEDs—direct to incident scenes faster than ground crews can arrive. This capability can mean the difference between life and death in overdose, allergic reaction, or trauma incidents.
JEMS
JUNE 26, 2025
It’s offering naloxone, an emergency medication used to reverse opioid overdoses, for free. Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, reverses opioid overdoses by attaching to opioid receptors in the brain and blocking other opioids. 4, 2018, in Philadelphia. 4, 2018, in Philadelphia. 4, 2018, in Philadelphia. (AP
JEMS
JUNE 25, 2025
Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post/TNS) Nick Coltrain – The Denver Post DENVER — Colorado will use $3 million from the state’s opioid settlement fund to provide the overdose-reversal drug naloxone to local organizations, Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Tuesday. Used appropriately, it can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
JEMS
JULY 11, 2025
In a statement Thursday evening, Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott’s office said the event remained under investigation and that officials had not yet confirmed what caused the overdoses. The Baltimore Police Department] continues to investigate the scene and surrounding neighborhoods, focusing on the source of the overdose event.
JEMS
JUNE 26, 2025
A 9-month-old infant is in a Charlotte-area hospital after an apparent drug overdose and injuries consistent with a dog bite,” the Caldwell County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. It happened in the Gamewell area near Lenoir and resulted in the child’s mother being arrested Tuesday, June 24, Caldwell County jail records show. “A
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