What if I told you there’s an easy way to save someone who’s overdosing? It’s true! Quickly giving naloxone can reverse ...
Overdose and anaphylaxis are two serious medical emergencies that require immediate intervention and can be fatal if not treated in time. Supplying every AED first-aid box with epinephrine ...
This video is no longer available. When he first learned about a Narcan training at Hook Hall in Northwest D.C. on Thursday afternoon, Markele Thompson was intrigued. He works at a restaurant in the ...
JANESVILLE — “Opioid overdoses have been a crisis in our county. This gives people an opportunity to save a life if they were to come across someone who is experiencing an overdose,” Shari Faber, a ...
Last month, school officials saved a Tompkins County teen’s life by administering naloxone after an accidental overdose believed to have been caused by a contaminated marijuana vape. But what if this ...
Imagine this: Just as a defibrillator can restart a heart, Narcan can restart a life. In the same way we’ve normalized having first-aid kits and emergency protocols, it’s time to bring Narcan into the ...
Tierney Plumb is an editor of Eater’s Northeast region, covering D.C., Boston, Philly, and New York. D.C. restaurants, bars, and nightlife spots are more equipped than ever to help save lives when ...
Aonya Kendrick Barnett with Safe Streets shows emergency naloxone she left for Wichita Transit workers after she trained them on how to use it. Jaime Green The Wichita Eagle Wichita Transit drivers ...
Opioid-class drugs are commonly prescribed as powerful pain medications in both humans and animals, though they can also be accessed or used illicitly. These substances carry a significant risk of ...
FALL RIVER — At a Jan. 13 meeting, the School Committee voted in favor of teaching 11th and 12th graders how to administer nasal Narcan, or naloxone, spray — commonly known as the antidote for an ...