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. Also included within these kids is a local resource guide for help with SUD/OUD.

Mobile Integrated Health

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.

E-9-1-1

Peter Canning

APRIL 18, 2025

We ask what medicine the mom gave him and she hands me what looks like intranasal naloxone. When I started as a paramedic we could only give naloxone intravenously (IV) or intramuscularly (IM). Recently I read the FDA just approved an intranasal epinephrine that also looks just like the naloxone and diazepam nasal sprays.

Epi Pen

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.

Naloxone

Peter Canning

JUNE 20, 2025

I don’t think it will get as bad as it was three years ago — there is too much naloxone on the street now, and too much good work has been done — but anyone who thinks opioid overdoses are no longer a problem is in for a rude awakening. I hope I am wrong. I hope this “blip” is just a short bounce up, not a long-term trend.

Overdose

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.

Mobile Integrated Health

Peter Canning

DECEMBER 6, 2024

There has been much speculation and the answer probably doesnt lie with one factor but with many, including increased availability of naloxone, the efforts of harm reduction workers, the end of the COVID isolation, the trend away from injecting to snorting or smoking, a less toxic drug supply, and expanded treatment.

Overdose

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. Cassandra Price-Bagley, director of the Office of Addictive Diseases within the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, said the goal is to saturate Georgia with naloxone, making the drug as accessible as possible.

NARCAN

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.

Firefighter

Peter Canning

JUNE 25, 2025

–Boston paramedic This is a quote I included in a presentation I put together for the state of Connecticut back in 2014 when we designed a curriculum to teach BLS providers how to use naloxone. Naloxone is for depressed respirations, not depressed mental status. Some of the people who are given naloxone don’t need naloxone.

Overdose

Peter Canning

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

This expansion should include patients in prison, many pf whom are in jail due to the substance use disorder and who are at high risk of overdose and death on their release, The US will continue to support harm reduction, including widespread naloxone availability, syringe exchange and the development of overdose prevention sites.

Naloxone

Peter Canning

JULY 7, 2025

I leave a naloxone kit with them. Other than the fact that a badly mixed bag of fentanyl can kill you on the spot if no one gives you naloxone after you stop breathing.) When that happens, they need naloxone. Several other bystanders have come over now. They know him and say they will also keep an eye on him, as well.

Overdose

JEMS

JULY 11, 2025

The Baltimore City Police and Fire departments did not respond to requests for information on how often they administer Narcan (generic name naloxone) in response to overdoses in Baltimore. During that time, Baltimore City fire personnel administered naloxone subsequent to an overdose 1,149 times.

Overdose

JEMS

JUNE 25, 2025

EMS Equipment & Gear News California Headlines More News 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.

Ambulance

EMDocs

JULY 2, 2025

Pharmacological Interventions: Naloxone: Because of tianeptine’s µ-opioid receptor agonism, naloxone may partially reverse respiratory depression and sedation. Case Follow-up: Over a 24-hour observation period in the ED, the patient’s respiratory status improved with supplemental oxygen and administration of naloxone.

E-9-1-1

JEMS

JULY 11, 2025

In the last year, DPH said they distributed over 500,000 fentanyl test strip kits and nearly 200,000 naloxone kits to community organizations across the state. The naloxone kits contributed to the reversal of at least 7,500 overdoses in 2024, the department stated. Visit at bostonherald.com. Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.

Overdose

Peter Canning

MAY 1, 2025

The 119 million or 238 million lives saved in 100 days claim does not give us much confidence in those at the top leading the fight, particularly given reports of a potential administration budget proposal to cut funding for naloxone and other overdose prevention programs. Notes: I n 2024, the DEA seized 60 million fentanyl pills. of them.

Naloxone

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. On a June afternoon, seven crisis responders awaited calls in Sound’s Auburn office, decorated with Pride and Juneteenth posters and superhero figurines.

Mobile Integrated Health

ACEP Now

JULY 3, 2025

They have gotten proficient at treating substance abuse and are credentialed to prescribe buprenorphine and naloxone (Suboxone) for patients who will follow-up in appropriate settings.

ED

Peter Canning

APRIL 24, 2025

This essential resource provides practical tools to recognize and respond to overdoses, access life-saving treatments like naloxone, and navigate the complex landscape of addiction and recovery. Canning humanizes the crisis through poignant stories of individuals and families grappling with the ripple effects of substance use.

Overdose

Peter Canning

JULY 17, 2025

First responders revived both man and woman with bag-valve masks and naloxone. The children, who couldn’t wake them up, let themselves out of the car and were found wandering in the parking lot. The car was filled with trash and the car seats were not properly installed.

Overdose

EMDocs

JUNE 28, 2025

Reversal of the effects of clonidine using naloxone. Risk factors for bradypnea in a historical cohort of surgical patients receiving fentanyl-based intravenous analgesia. JA Clin Rep. 2018;4(1):46. doi:10.1186/s40981-018-0186-x Swift A, Wilson M. Anaesth Rep. 2019;7(1):4-6. doi:10.1002/anr3.12004 Henretig FM, Kirk MA, McKay CA. N Engl J Med.

EMS

ACEP Now

JUNE 4, 2025

2 Another study revealed that patients who improved with naloxone after a nonfatal opioid overdose had a 13-fold increase in mortality within one year. One-Year Mortality and Associated Factors in Patients Receiving Out-of-Hospital Naloxone for Presumed Opioid Overdose. percent occurred within just two days of discharge. Ann Emerg Med.

Emergency Medical Services

Peter Canning

JUNE 8, 2025

Increased Availability of Naloxone 2. They started to decline here in Connecticut late in 2021 and in the most of the country by 2023, with the biggest drop as I mentioned in the last six months of 2024. There have been many reasons speculated for the drop in fatal deaths: 1. Expanded Addiction Treatment 3.

Overdose

JEMS

JUNE 25, 2025

EMS Equipment & Gear News California Headlines More News 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.

Mobile Integrated Health

JEMS

JUNE 25, 2025

2 min read EMS Operations News News Feed Headlines Massachusetts 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.

Mobile Integrated Health

The Skeptics' Guide to EM

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Naloxone and Patient Outcomes in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests in California. Your partner asks if you want to administer naloxone as well. Today’s study looks at the role of naloxone in OHCA. Naloxone is a well-established medication used primarily for reversing opioid overdoses. JAMA Network Open.

Naloxone

EMergucate

AUGUST 27, 2012

You suspect that your patient has opioid toxicity and you decide to administer naloxone. But how much? – known opioid … Continue reading →

Naloxone

Emergency Medicine Cases

OCTOBER 23, 2018

In this episode Dr. Kathryn Dong, Dr. Michelle Klaiman and Dr. Aaron Orkin discuss the latest in naloxone in opioid overdose cardiac arrest and altered LOA, a 5-step approach to ED opioid withdrawal management and how we can improve mortality and morbidity in patients with opioid use disorder in the era of the opioid epidemic.

Overdose

Paramedics World

JUNE 27, 2024

As more and more highly potent and lethal batches of opioids hit the streets, it’s becoming abundantly clear that the need for high-dosage naloxone is at a critical high. Zimhi… The post Zimhi Injectable Naloxone Is High Dosage but Less Popular Than Inhalers appeared first on Paramedics World.

Naloxone

Paramedics World

JUNE 27, 2024

As more and more highly potent and lethal batches of opioids hit the streets, it’s becoming abundantly clear that the need for high-dosage naloxone is at a critical high. Zimhi… The post Zimhi Injectable Naloxone Is High Dosage but Less Popular Than Inhalers appeared first on Paramedics World.

Naloxone

EMergucate

JUNE 27, 2012

Naloxone Epinephrine Atropine Lignocaine yes you can !

Naloxone

EMDocs

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Naloxone administration may reverse respiratory arrest, preventing progression to cardiac arrest. Editorial Comment: Naloxone first, flumazenil only for pure benzo’s (e.g., Give naloxone for suspected opioid overdose and respiratory compromise/arrest. COR No Benefit, LOE C-EO. COR Harm, LOE B-R. if used for sedation).

Naloxone

EM Literature of Note

AUGUST 18, 2023

Modified-release oxycodone-naloxone was the opiate of choice in this Australian trial. The naloxone itself does not exert much influence on the analgesic effect, but the preparation itself differs from preparation used commonly in the emergency department.

Naloxone

Peter Canning

JANUARY 27, 2024

In the case of naloxone, unlike say milk, the product doesn’t spoil and it retains its potency for many years. Yes, naloxone works for years after its expiration date. One study showed naloxone stayed viable even after thirty years of storage in a less than ideal setting.

NARCAN

Critical Care Scenarios

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Extremity neuro changes should prompt driving the MAP >90, naloxone, and IV steroids. . * Open repair of type B dissection has become vanishingly rare due to high morbidity and rare indication. Stenting of the aorta creates risk for spinal cord ischemia, so keep BP higher.

Naloxone