Learn about national efforts to address the opioid overdose crisis and how New Hampshire is piloting an EMS referral program for substance abuse patients and using EMS data to identify overdose hot spots. You'll also hear how New Orleans EMS is partnering with public health agencies to track overdoses and educate the public on naloxone and much more.
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September 23, 2016
Learn about national efforts to address the opioid overdose crisis and how New Hampshire is piloting an EMS referral program for substance abuse patients and using EMS data to identify overdose hot spots. You'll also hear how New Orleans EMS is partnering with public health agencies to track overdoses and educate the public on naloxone and much more.
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September 23, 2016
Not everyone understands what it takes to be a firefighter.
That changed Friday for a dozen community representatives during training organized by Weber Fire District and the International Association of Firefighters Local 1878.
Not everyone understands what it takes to be a firefighter.
That changed Friday for a dozen community representatives during training organized by Weber Fire District and the International Association of Firefighters Local 1878.
Fire Ops 101 training put participants through scenarios involving hazardous materials, structure fires and medical calls. Volunteers included Weber County Commissio...
September 22, 2016
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is beginning a study to help determine how wildfires spread through a Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI). Many studies have found that structures are primarily ignited during a wildfire by burning embers that are lofted into the air and then land on or near buildings.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is beginning a study to help determine how wildfires spread through a Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI). Many studies have found that structures are primarily ignited during a wildfire by burning embers that are lofted into the air and then land on or near buildings.
Without research, NIST says, building codes and standards do not provide a...
September 22, 2016
War abroad and carnage at home since 9/11 have taught Americans much about saving lives after violent tragedies. Whether they were hurt in mass shootings or gruesome car accidents, it’s not uncommon for victims to bleed to death on the scene because trained assistance didn’t arrive in time to help them.
But one of the most powerful initiatives in trauma care in the past 15 years might make a difference.
War abroad and carnage at home since 9/11 have taught Americans much about saving lives after violent tragedies. Whether they were hurt in mass shootings or gruesome car accidents, it’s not uncommon for victims to bleed to death on the scene because trained assistance didn’t arrive in time to help them.
But one of the most powerful initiatives in trauma care in the past 15 years might make a di...
September 21, 2016
Gov. Robert Bentley issued an executive order Thursday declaring a state of emergency in Alabama over concerns about fuel shortages in the wake of a gasoline pipeline spill that released about 250,000 gallons of gasoline south of Birmingham and shut down a major pipeline connecting refineries in Houston with the rest of the country.
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal issued a similar executive order for his state on Tuesday.
Gov. Robert Bentley issued an executive order Thursday declaring a state of emergency in Alabama over concerns about fuel shortages in the wake of a gasoline pipeline spill that released about 250,000 gallons of gasoline south of Birmingham and shut down a major pipeline connecting refineries in Houston with the rest of the country.
Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal issued a similar executive order for...
September 21, 2016
In the all too familiar pattern, things are going boom, Americans are under attack, and the American political class is already busy playing the “See No Jihad” minuet.
In the all too familiar pattern, things are going boom, Americans are under attack, and the American political class is already busy playing the “See No Jihad” minuet.
In a rational world, where our highest imperative would be to understand the threat that confronts us rather than to find the least offensive way of describing it, it would be patently, undeniably obvious that we are targets of...
September 20, 2016
NIOSH announces the Disaster Science Responder Research Program (DSRR) to develop an approach that will allow for timely and scalable responder-based research that can be implemented before, during, and after a disaster.
NIOSH announces the Disaster Science Responder Research Program (DSRR) to develop an approach that will allow for timely and scalable responder-based research that can be implemented before, during, and after a disaster.
What started out as the Disaster Science Research Initiative (DSRI), is now the Disaster Science Responder Research (DSRR) Program located in NIOSH's Emergency Preparedness and...
September 20, 2016
A powerful drug that's normally used to tranquilize elephants is being blamed for a record spike in drug overdoses in the Midwest. Officials in Ohio have declared a public health emergency, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says communities everywhere should be on alert for carfentanil.
A powerful drug that's normally used to tranquilize elephants is being blamed for a record spike in drug overdoses in the Midwest. Officials in Ohio have declared a public health emergency, and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration says communities everywhere should be on alert for carfentanil.
The synthetic opioid is 100 times more potent than fentanyl, the prescription painkiller that led...
September 19, 2016
When I was in paramedic school, I performed my internship at one of the largest urban centers in the country. At that time, the city was in the middle of a heroin crisis. EMS units were responding to numerous overdose calls daily, including mine.
When I was in paramedic school, I performed my internship at one of the largest urban centers in the country. At that time, the city was in the middle of a heroin crisis. EMS units were responding to numerous overdose calls daily, including mine.
We ran the overdose calls in a fairly routine way: bag the patient, start an IV and administer a coma cocktail of naloxone, thiamine and dextrose. All...
September 19, 2016
Bombings in New York and New Jersey over the weekend -- as well as the discovery of several unexploded devices -- have led authorities to believe there may be a terror cell at work in those two states, law enforcement officials told CNN Monday.
Bombings in New York and New Jersey over the weekend -- as well as the discovery of several unexploded devices -- have led authorities to believe there may be a terror cell at work in those two states, law enforcement officials told CNN Monday.
And a manhunt is under way for 28-year-old Ahmad Khan Rahami after New York police identified him as a suspect in connection with the bombing Saturday n...