Medication-assisted treatment helps by moving a patient from powerful painkillers to a regular dose of a legal opioid-based medication
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Monthly Archives: May 2017
President Trump on EMS Week: Providers 'stand ready to answer the call'
Thank your local EMS providers for their sustained commitment to excellence and dedication to service
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Report looks at regulatory practices of out-of-state EMS agencies
The report breaks down the findings from a 2016 survey of state EMS offices on licensure requirements, exemptions and special conditions for ground and helicopter EMS agencies
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NEMSMA unveils the American College of Paramedic Executives
The ACPE represents the establishment of the first professional college within the field of paramedicine in the U.S.
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FDNY ceremonially lights Empire State Building for EMS Week
EMS Week is an annual week-long series of events designed to promote public safety among all New Yorkers
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White Shirts: Employee conduct and disciplinary action
A comic for EMS drawing off the real experiences of having or being an EMS supervisor
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Officials: New opioid could be naloxone-resistant
A DEA special agent said that acrylfentanyl has shown some possibility of being resistant to naloxone
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Woman impaled by fallen branch meets her rescuers
Firefighters and EMTs worked for more than an hour to saw down the 4-foot-long, 2-inch-wide branch
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Police: 1 dead in random stabbing at Md. school
A student was with two friends near a bus stop when another student stabbed him in the chest with a folding knife
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Are you smarter than the average paramedic? Test your EMS smarts!
Take our 10-question quiz to test your knowledge, then share your results and challenge your colleagues to prove their expertise
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