JEMS

JUNE 11, 2025

And emergency medical service organizations are structured accordingly, right? There’s also the advanced EMT, an EMT with training in additional concepts and specific ALS skills such as starting IVs, administering a few carefully chosen medications, using advanced airways and other carefully selected skills.

AEMT

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.

Naloxone

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. (AP But it’s not selling candy or snacks or soda.

NARCAN

JEMS

JUNE 12, 2025

Patients who use emergency medical services have greater severity of illness or injury compared to those who present to the emergency department via other means: A retrospective cohort study. Summary of NDA approvals & receipts, 1938 to the present. Retrieved March 24, 2025, from [link] 2. Peters, G. Goldberg, S.

E-9-1-1

Peter Canning

JUNE 25, 2025

If they’re lethargic and hard to arouse, but still breathing effectively, it’s not an overdose. If they’re lethargic and hard to arouse, but still breathing effectively, it’s not an overdose. Opioid use alone (without depressed respirations) is NOT AN OVERDOSE and does not merit the use of naloxone. It’s a dose.” It’s a dose.”

Overdose

JEMS

JULY 8, 2025

Embracing Other Time-Sensitive Emergencies This year’s Summit theme is “Seconds to Act—Empowering the Response to Cardiac Arrest and Life-Threatening Emergencies.” We’re celebrating 65 years of CPR this year,” says Ed Racht, MD, Chief Medical Officer for Global Medical Response and the Summit Program Chair.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JUNE 25, 2025

Officials presented statistics at the meeting that showed there have been improvements in response time for emergency calls. response rate. Of the 881 calls, 23 were in the town of Kingston.

Ambulance

First Responders Foundation

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Chief Dittman was recognized with the Lifesaving Award for providing life-saving emergency care or rescue. When he and his partner responded to a call for service involving a drug overdose in December 2023 – This was during his first shift as an EMS provider. Chief Dittman also serves as a member of the agency Honor Guard.

Public Safety

ACEP Now

JUNE 4, 2025

Drug overdoses are a leading cause of accidental death in the United States, representing a persistent and escalating health crisis. 1 Even in nonfatal opioid overdose cases, there is a significant increase in both short- and long-term mortality. One study found a 5.5 percent occurred within just two days of discharge.

Emergency Medical Services

Pediatric EM Morsels

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Broselow-Luten Color-Coded Length-Based Weight-Estimation System: History of [Emergency Medical Services for Children] Designed by Dr. James Broselow. Dr. Broselow was family medicine but switched to emergency medicine. Emergency Medical Services for Children] “Red to Head.” One end of the tape is red with an arrow.

E-9-1-1

International Journal of Paramedicine

JULY 8, 2024

Purpose: Buprenorphine is a lifesaving medication in opioid use disorder (OUD). Emergency Medical Services (EMS) play a crucial role in responding to opioid overdoses. The pre-hospital use of buprenorphine by EMS can expand access to this important medication.

Emergency Medical Services

University of Maryland Department of Emergency Med

OCTOBER 4, 2023

BACKGROUND: Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems, especially those within urban jurisdictions, struggle to effectively meet the need. Click to view the rest

Overdose

FirstWatch

JUNE 18, 2024

Register for Webinar Tuesday, July 16 th | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PT Overdoses continue to plague communities throughout the US and Canada. One North American EMS system recently had 245 overdoses in a single day. Identifying, tracking, and mapping overdoses is key to effective intervention.

Overdose

EMDocs

JUNE 2, 2023

mg/kg/dose (PO/IM/IV) Midazolam – 0.25-0.5 mg/kg/dose PO; 0.2-0.3 mg/kg IN; 0.1-0.15

Emergency Department

International Journal of Paramedicine

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Background: Frequent callers of emergency medical services comprise a disproportionate percentage of emergency department visits. This study aims to describe reasons for calling 911 and healthcare services among frequent callers in Ontario. Methods: Cross-sectional research design.

Overdose

First Responders Foundation

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Chief Dittman was recognized with the Lifesaving Award for providing life-saving emergency care or rescue. When he and his partner responded to a call for service involving a drug overdose in December 2023 – This was during his first shift as an EMS provider. Chief Dittman also serves as a member of the agency Honor Guard.

Public Safety

Gold Cross Ambulance Service

JUNE 29, 2022

What Are The Most Common Emergencies? To get a better understanding of why people call emergency services, we’re going to look at data provided by the National Emergency Medical Services Information System , which is a national EMS database.

Ambulance

ESO

APRIL 19, 2024

Aligning Community Data for the Common Good by Michael Baker , MA, EFO, Fire Chief at Tulsa Fire Department and Justin Lemery , Director of EMS, Tulsa Fire Department discussed the far-reaching positive effects that reviewing data and creating community partnerships can have in overcoming homelessness, overdoses, and chronic illness.

MIH

NCOAE

MARCH 8, 2021

You may show up for a call only to discover that there is no victim, or the person is okay and refuses help, or a patient simply needs transportation from one medical facility to another. To discover state requirements, conduct an online search for the name of your state followed by “office of emergency medical services.”

EMT

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 19, 2019

Justin Morgenstern is an emergency physician and the creator of the excellent #FOAMed project called First10EM.com Case: A 33-year-old man arrives via emergency medical services (EMS) after initially being found unresponsive with an oxygen saturation of 89%, respiratory rate of six, a systolic blood pressure of 75 mmHg, and pinpoint pupils.

Naloxone

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 21, 2017

Do heroin overdose patients require observation after receiving naloxone? Guest Skeptic: Dr. Richard Hamilton (@RJHamiltonMD) is Chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine. Do heroin overdose patients require observation after receiving naloxone? Clinical Toxicology 2017.

Naloxone

ACEP Now

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Confounders to the GCS such as seizure and post-ictal phase, ingestions and drug overdose, as well as medications administered in the prehospital setting that impact GCS score should be documented. McGovern distinguished chair in emergency medicine. The GCS must be obtained through interaction with the patient (i.e.,

Emergency Medical Services

EMDocs

JANUARY 17, 2024

When emergency medical services (EMS) arrived, she was in asystole with an empty, recently full, bottle of benzonatate 100 mg capsules. What are the treatment options for a benzonatate overdose? 8) Over the next 24 years, numerous peer reviewed publications on benzonatate poisoning appeared in the medical literature. (3,

E-9-1-1

Peter Canning

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

A recent paper published in JAMA Open Network states overdose deaths can be reduced by 37% by combining naloxone distribution with efforts to get people to stop using alone. Naloxone by itself isn’t worth much if there is no one to administer it when a patient overdoses. I think 50% is not bad.

Naloxone

EMDocs

JANUARY 16, 2024

Louis) // Reviewed by: Alex Koyfman, MD (@EMHighAK); Brit Long, MD (@long_brit) Case You are working in the trauma/critical care pod of your emergency department (ED). You receive a page for a cardiac arrest and take report from emergency medical services (EMS). It is unclear how long he was down.

Defibrillator

Paramedic Training Spot

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Brief History of EMS in New Jersey New Jersey has seen Emergency Medical Services since the 1920’s, and was one of the first states to have this volunteer service. In fact, in 1927, the town of Belmar was one of the the first established volunteer ambulance services in the nation.

EMT

Peter Canning

MAY 13, 2025

Here is an excerpt: The consensus from medical professionals and addiction experts is that high dose and long-acting overdose reversal agents are unnecessary and even harmful. People believing the patients are still overdosed, continue to administer naloxone, which is unnecessary. People dont have to wake up to be resuscitated.

Naloxone

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

Overdose

Peter Canning

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

In an article by New England Public Media, Health experts alarmed at new overdose drug marketed to WMass police departments , a police chief in Dalton Mass stunningly poo-poos the experts warnings about the drug, actually saying, The DPH and these people, they’re not in the field, she said. They felt faint, some even passed out.

Naloxone