How EMS (Emergency Medical Services) Can Reduce Opioid Overdoses

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Emergency Medical Services. 08/25/2016 This one-hour webinar discusses national efforts to address the opioid overdose crisis, and how emergency medical services (EMS) are often the first to arrive on the scene of an overdose. Speakers provide information about how New Hampshire is piloting an EMS referral program for substance abuse patients and using EMS data to identify overdose hot spots, and how New Orleans EMS is partnering with public health agencies to track overdoses and educate the public on naloxone. (Video or Multimedia)
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