JEMS

JUNE 16, 2025

15 min read Mobile Integrated Health and Community Paramedicine News News Feed Community Paramedic Headlines News Feed Oregon Medetomidine Overdose: Why More Naloxone Is Not the Answer—But Timely Respiratory Support Is A new nonopioid sedative, medetomidine, is rapidly becoming the next adulterant of concern in illicit drug supply.

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JEMS

JULY 16, 2025

This capability can mean the difference between life and death in overdose, allergic reaction, or trauma incidents. 4 min read Admin/Leadership Podcasts EMS EMT Paramedic The JEMS Report Gwenny Winkler on Critical Care, Coaching and Embracing Growth Veteran flight nurse and educator Gwenny Winkler shares her EMS journey.

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JEMS

JUNE 13, 2025

For EMTs and paramedics, this growing trend requires a shift in how we recognize and respond to overdose syndromes. 2 This adulterant increases overdose severity and complicates the clinical picture. Importantly, these overdoses are often incompletely responsive to naloxone, creating confusion and concern among first responders.

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JEMS

JULY 15, 2025

I’ve worked on children and seniors, overdoses and mass casualties and fires and scenes where the silence hits louder than the sirens. Available from: [link] Commentary Exclusives Mental Health and Wellness EMS EMT Paramedic Must View Two Killed. If you’ve worn the patch, you know better. 2024 Dec 29 [cited 2025 Jul 14].

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JEMS

JUNE 12, 2025

MAML, NRP, WP-C 12 min read Share To: The annual ranking of the top-selling prescription drugs in the United States provides a window into the nation’s health, revealing trends in chronic disease and the rapid rise of breakthrough therapies steering patient care. Journal of Medicine, Law & Public Health, 4 (1), 310–317.

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JEMS

JUNE 26, 2025

It’s offering naloxone, an emergency medication used to reverse opioid overdoses, for free. The Newton County Sheriff’s Office installed the novel machine at the beginning of the month in partnership with GNR Health, the local health department or Gwinnett, Newton and Rockdale counties. 4, 2018, in Philadelphia.

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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.

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JEMS

JULY 8, 2025

It expands the program to include other time-sensitive emergencies, such as opioid overdoses, uncontrolled bleeding, drowning and other conditions that will lead to cardiac arrest and death unless there is swift intervention, often by a lay person. Today the Foundation also hosts the HEARTSafe Community initiative.

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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.

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JEMS

JUNE 25, 2025

Admin/Leadership News News Feed Headlines New York Must View Unmasking the Mental Health Crisis Among First Responders JEMS Managing Editor Jeff Frankel hosts a deep dive into the mental health challenges facing first responders.

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JEMS

JULY 11, 2025

Shelton/Mississippi Today/KFF Health News/TNS) Grace Zokovitch – Boston Herald Opioid related overdose deaths fell 36% in Massachusetts in 2024, reaching their lowest point since 2013, according to provisional CDC data. The naloxone kits contributed to the reversal of at least 7,500 overdoses in 2024, the department stated.

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JEMS

JULY 28, 2025

By the door, the keys to specially equipped vans were stored in a lockbox and red backpacks serving as “go bags” were stocked with the overdose-reversing drug naloxone. King County has contracted with DESC for mobile crisis services for adults since 2009, but added 10 new teams starting in December for a total of 27.

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JEMS

JUNE 18, 2025

Demystifying Anaphylaxis: Unveiling the Intricacies for Emergency Responders A Harm-Reduction Approach to Overdoses for EMS Understand Allergies to Quickly Provide Treatment Critical Updates in Assessment & Management of Anaphylaxis She held a press conference last week in California where U.S.

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JEMS

JULY 13, 2025

9 min read EMS Operations News News Feed Headlines Maryland Mass Casualty Incidents WV Rescue Squads Request Opioid Funds for New Ambulances Officials from the Bluefield Rescue Squad and Princeton Rescue Squad went before the Mercer County Commission Tuesday to inquire about obtaining opioid settlement funds to purchase one new ambulance each.

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JEMS

JUNE 10, 2025

6 min read News News Feed California Headlines CT Medic Sues Ambulance Company in Case of Co-Worker Who Kidnapped Her Twice A woman who was kidnapped twice by former Bridgeport emergency medical technician Bradley Doyle is suing him, his parents and the ambulance company where they both worked.

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JEMS

JUNE 25, 2025

EMS Operations News News Feed Headlines Massachusetts Must View Unmasking the Mental Health Crisis Among First Responders JEMS Managing Editor Jeff Frankel hosts a deep dive into the mental health challenges facing first responders.

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JEMS

JUNE 25, 2025

Mental Health and Wellness Podcasts EMS EMT Paramedic Podcasts The JEMS Report More News Trash Truck Hits Boy, 9, in MA A 9-year-old boy was left seriously injured Tuesday morning after he was hit by a trash truck in Amesbury.

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ESO

APRIL 19, 2024

In Evaluating Firefighter Decontamination Practices Using a National Fire Records Management System by Antonio Fernandez, Principal Research Scientist at ESO and Bill Gardner CFE, CFO, EMT-P, Sr. Data impacts every aspect of duties, from shifts start to end.

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JEMS

JUNE 9, 2025

In “Needles to Grave,” I tackle the reality of the opioid crisis, the revolving door of overdose calls, and the emotional toll it takes on responders. Mental Health and Wellness EMS EMT Paramedic Must View Did Pilot’s Undiagnosed Brain Tumor Cause 2023 NV Air Ambulance Crash?

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JEMS

JUNE 10, 2025

The Bond County Coroner’s Office has yet released the name of the deceased.

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JEMS

JUNE 10, 2025

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JEMS

JUNE 9, 2025

opioid overdose deaths plummeted 41% in 2024, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , and fatal overdoses of all kinds fell 27%. In Minnesota, preliminary data from the Minnesota Department of Health showed an 8% drop in overall overdose deaths from 2022 to 2023.

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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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