Firefighter Naloxone Paramedicine 
JEMS
JULY 17, 2025
These unmanned aerial vehicles can rapidly deliver automated external defibrillators (AEDs), naloxone, epinephrine, and other critical supplies to the scene of an emergency, often faster than traditional ambulances. Technological Advancements in Autonomous EMS One of the most significant developments in autonomous EMS is using drones.
JEMS
JULY 17, 2025
TNS) A Lacey firefighter saved a puppy exposed to fentanyl by giving it naloxone at the Nisqually Reservation Tuesday morning. Schmidt said Craig assessed the situation and decided to give the puppy a small dose of naloxone that Nisqually police carried. “He Bryce Craig sprang into action to help the puppy.
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JEMS
JUNE 11, 2025
This includes ‘naloxone wake-up’ calls. Many times, when EMS providers administer naloxone to unconscious and apneic overdose patients, the patient becomes conscious, complaining of withdrawal symptoms induced by the use of naloxone. Provided photo.)
JEMS
JULY 7, 2025
4 min read Commentary Exclusives Mental Health and Wellness EMS EMT Paramedic CO Will Give $3 Million Grant to Boost Naloxone Supply as Data Shows Drop in Overdose Deaths Colorado will use $3 million from the state’s opioid settlement fund to provide the overdose-reversal drug naloxone to local organizations.
JEMS
JUNE 13, 2025
When combined with fentanyl, it can cause profound sedation, respiratory depression, and hemodynamic compromise—and naloxone doesn’t reverse it. But unlike opioids, it does not respond to naloxone—a critical limitation in prehospital care. Medetomidine acts independently of the opioid receptors and cannot be reversed by naloxone.
JEMS
JUNE 16, 2025
In some states, community paramedicine programs are known to violate data collection rules by charting in Epic—but they don’t do so because EHRs capture better data quality than ePCRs or dedicated CP/MIH software. Feit, MBA, MA 10 min read Share To: Judy Faulkner, left, and Jonathon Feit.
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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