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CT Town Adds Narcan to AED Locations

JEMS

AUGUST 14, 2025

WINDHAM — The Town of Windham HEARTSafe Committee added Narcan to a number of AED locations in town. Palmer said the collaboration of the AEDs and the Narcan is a team effort. The six locations, along with the Public Library and Town Hall, will now include Narcan.

WV Rescue Squads Receive $100,000 in Opioid Settlement Funds for Ambulances

JEMS

AUGUST 14, 2025

3 min read EMS Operations News News Feed Connecticut Headlines Overdose CDC Shooting Marks Latest in a String of Hostility Directed at Health Workers. 3 min read EMS Operations News News Feed Connecticut Headlines Overdose CDC Shooting Marks Latest in a String of Hostility Directed at Health Workers.

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JULY 8, 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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Grand Blanc Township (MI) Weighs Using Police, Firefighters as EMS Responders

JEMS

JUNE 18, 2025

This equipment includes stethoscopes, blood pressure cuffs, bandages, glucose, and Narcan. MI – Officials are looking to the township’s police and fire departments to potentially help fill existing gaps in local EMS services. Additionally, it costs $100 to license each apparatus.

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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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How Drones Are Transforming EMS Logistics and Healthcare Delivery

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.

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WA Firefighter Uses Nalaxone to Save Puppy Exposed to Fentanyl

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.

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We Don’t Need More Paramedics—We Need Fewer Calls

JEMS

JUNE 19, 2025

Imagine every high school student leaving with CPR, Narcan, and basic triage knowledge. New Britain sees significant drop in opioid deaths with Narcan training, social services. 10 min read Commentary Exclusives Mobile Integrated Health and Community Paramedicine EMS EMT Paramedic Woman Intentionally Rams into L.A. CT Insider.

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GA County Launches Narcan Vending Machine

JEMS

JUNE 26, 2025

Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, reverses opioid overdoses by attaching to opioid receptors in the brain and blocking other opioids. Newton County accounted for 173 of those incidents and Narcan was administered in 65% of those cases in Newton. “We 4, 2018, in Philadelphia. 4, 2018, in Philadelphia.

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TN Heavy Rains and Flooding Topple Tree; Mother, Father, and Child Killed

JEMS

AUGUST 14, 2025

3 min read EMS Operations News News Feed Connecticut Headlines Overdose CDC Shooting Marks Latest in a String of Hostility Directed at Health Workers.

CO Will Give $3 Million Grant to Boost Naloxone Supply as Data Shows Drop in Overdose Deaths

JEMS

JUNE 25, 2025

Officials credited the availability of naloxone, which has the brand name Narcan, for helping to blunt the health crisis. The state saw an even steeper decrease in deaths — 31% — among those that involved synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, according to Weiser’s office. Used appropriately, it can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.

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WA Launches Online Narcan Finder Amid Rising Overdose Deaths

JEMS

AUGUST 13, 2025

Naloxone, marketed as NARCAN, is a rapid-acting medication that can reverse opioid overdoses by counteracting the effects of opioids and restoring normal breathing, often within minutes. “We always had free Narcan that we gave away at events but we wanted to make it more public and accessible at all times. .

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‘Mass Casualty’: 25 Hospitalized After Suspected Drug Overdoses in Baltimore

JEMS

JULY 11, 2025

Delivering Narcan and prayers The Penn North workers and the city’s Health Department were distributing Narcan, an opioid antagonist used to reverse the effects of an overdose. Workers from nearby Penn North Recovery Center were already on the scene, Hudson said, joined by emergency medical personnel from the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

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MI County Cuts Paramedic Units; Leaders Look at Options

JEMS

AUGUST 13, 2025

5 min read Admin/Leadership News News Feed Headlines Missouri WA Launches Online Narcan Finder Amid Rising Overdose Deaths The Washington State Department of Health has unveiled an online tool designed to help residents swiftly locate free naloxone. Charles is considering whether to discontinue the St.

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St. Charles (MO) Considers Stopping City Ambulance Service, Adding Fire Stations

JEMS

AUGUST 13, 2025

5 min read Admin/Leadership News News Feed Headlines Missouri WA Launches Online Narcan Finder Amid Rising Overdose Deaths The Washington State Department of Health has unveiled an online tool designed to help residents swiftly locate free naloxone. Charles is considering whether to discontinue the St.

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MT EMS Provider Dies Days after Ambulance Crash

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JUNE 26, 2025

EMS Operations News News Feed Headlines New Jersey More News 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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Teens Climb Cliffs Near (WA) Bible Camp, Then One Falls Hundreds of Feet

JEMS

JUNE 26, 2025

1 min read EMS Operations Ground Ambulance Operations News Ambulance Crash EMS EMT Headlines LODD Montana 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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NM One-Year-Old Nearly Overdoses on Fentanyl

JEMS

AUGUST 12, 2025

Officers spoke to a housekeeper of the hotel, who said she heard Garcia begging someone to bring Narcan to the hotel room. The housekeeper said she regularly dealt with drug use at the hotel and carried Narcan with her while she worked, the complaint said.

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CT Man Dies After Falling off E-Bike and Going Down Embankment

JEMS

AUGUST 14, 2025

EMS Operations CT Man Dies After Falling off E-Bike and Going Down Embankment A man died on Wednesday after falling off his e-bike and tumbling down an embankment on Mill Street, police say. 3 min read EMS Operations News News Feed Connecticut Headlines Overdose CDC Shooting Marks Latest in a String of Hostility Directed at Health Workers.

NJ Lifeguard Impaled by Beach Umbrella

JEMS

JUNE 26, 2025

1 min read EMS Operations Ground Ambulance Operations News Ambulance Crash EMS EMT Headlines LODD Montana 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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Baby Experiencing Overdose Also Gets Attacked by Family’s Dog, NC Sheriff Says

JEMS

JUNE 26, 2025

1 min read EMS Operations Ground Ambulance Operations News Ambulance Crash EMS EMT Headlines LODD Montana 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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CT Town Adds Narcan to AED Locations

WV Rescue Squads Receive $100,000 in Opioid Settlement Funds for Ambulances

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Communicating with Pediatric Patients in Crisis

Grand Blanc Township (MI) Weighs Using Police, Firefighters as EMS Responders

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How Drones Are Transforming EMS Logistics and Healthcare Delivery

WA Firefighter Uses Nalaxone to Save Puppy Exposed to Fentanyl

We Don’t Need More Paramedics—We Need Fewer Calls

GA County Launches Narcan Vending Machine

TN Heavy Rains and Flooding Topple Tree; Mother, Father, and Child Killed

CO Will Give $3 Million Grant to Boost Naloxone Supply as Data Shows Drop in Overdose Deaths

WA Launches Online Narcan Finder Amid Rising Overdose Deaths

‘Mass Casualty’: 25 Hospitalized After Suspected Drug Overdoses in Baltimore

MI County Cuts Paramedic Units; Leaders Look at Options

St. Charles (MO) Considers Stopping City Ambulance Service, Adding Fire Stations

MT EMS Provider Dies Days after Ambulance Crash

Teens Climb Cliffs Near (WA) Bible Camp, Then One Falls Hundreds of Feet

NM One-Year-Old Nearly Overdoses on Fentanyl

CT Man Dies After Falling off E-Bike and Going Down Embankment

NJ Lifeguard Impaled by Beach Umbrella

Baby Experiencing Overdose Also Gets Attacked by Family’s Dog, NC Sheriff Says

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