Opiate Addiction, Community Narcan and Episode 423




MedicCast Audio Podcast for EMT Paramedics and EMS Students show

Summary: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;field-keywords=med%20math%20simplified&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;sprefix=med%20mat%2Caps%2C169&amp;tag=themediccastp-20&amp;url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;linkId=PEOAZ4JTRW3TJGOA"></a>CPR crew crashes, volunteer EMS plummets, EMS call volume rises, and we’ll visit with our good friend Lisa Booze from the Maryland Poison Center to see what we can do to help prevent increases in opioid overdose deaths and support community Narcan dosing programs. If that’s what you’re looking for, you found it, right here on this week’s episode of the MedicCast.<br> The MedicCast is a proud member of the <a title="ProMed Network site" href="http://promednetwork.com/" target="_blank">ProMed Podcast Network</a>.<br> This episode is sponsored in part by <a title="Med Math Book" href="http://medmathsimplified.com" target="_blank">Med Math Simplified</a>. Check out the new book for nurses, students and other medical professionals on Amazon, or your favorite bookseller online. Get it on <a title="Amazon Med Math Simplified link" href="http://www.amazon.com/s/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;field-keywords=med%20math%20simplified&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;sprefix=med%20mat%2Caps%2C169&amp;tag=themediccastp-20&amp;url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&amp;linkId=PEOAZ4JTRW3TJGOA">Amazon.com</a>.<br> MedicCast Episode 423<br> Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the MedicCast. I’m your host, Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I’d like to welcome you to this week’s show. In this week’s EMS news items we’ll look at two articles that have lessons to give regarding EMS call volume and volunteer EMS staffing and funding.<br> Then in this week’s tip of the week segment we visit again with Lisa Booze from the Maryland Poison Center and learn more about the national epidemic of opioid overdoses and what you and your community might do to help deal with the problem. Prevention is always important but coordinating a rapid response to those overdoses is important also. We’ll find out more about that later in the show after the news.<br> Contact the MedicCast<br> If you want to get back in touch with me, make sure you do so. You can email me at <a title="email link" href="mailto:podmedic@mac.com">podmedic@mac.com</a>. Also, if you’re an android user or iPhone or iPad owner, check out the brand new free MedicCast App. Get the <a title="MedicCast Android App" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.mediccast.android.mc" rel="nofollow">free MedicCast app from the Google play store</a>. Get the <a title="iOS App for the MedicCast" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id645668811?mt=8" rel="nofollow">free MedicCast EMS app for iOS</a>.<br> I got an email from EMT audience member Josh who wanted to thank me for the show each week and to ask for a shout out to his service and their paramedic partners. So to the gang at Ambitrans Naples, I offer you kudos on the hard work you do and hope you enjoy the upcoming holiday season safely. Take care and keep checking out the MedicCast! That’s it for this part of the show, let’s get ready for the news coming right up!<br> —————————-<br> EMS News<br> <a title="CPR Ambulance Crash" href="http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/Lane-Close-290632211.html">Ambulance Crashes With CPR In Progress</a><br> <a title="Volunteer EMS Staffing Issues" href="http://www.emsworld.com/news/11818582/pa-volunteers-face-crisis-in-staffing-funding">Volunteer EMS Staffing and Funding Crises</a><br> <a title="EMS Call Rate and Funding" href="http://www.wdbj7.com/news/local/EMS-calls-on-the-rise-in-Roanoke/31060256">EMS Systems and Municipalities Face Tough Funding Decisions</a><br> —-<br> Tip of the Week:  Opioid Death Rates and Community Narcan Programs<br> <a href="http://www.mediccast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/teen-pills."></a>