Medical
M.A.R.C.H. is a guide for early intervention and care for life-threatening bleeding, airway compromise and inadequate breathing
Law enforcement officers and paramedics regularly encounter profoundly agitated patients and need the medications to treat those patients as well as the support of their organizations
Incident videos help responders identify the physical and behavioral cues of a severe behavioral emergency that may or may not have a criminal component
The competition seeks to align public health forces with technology experts as communities across the nation remain in the grip of a heroin and opioid epidemic
Police say they want to illustrate the impact of the heroin epidemic by sharing photos of a 4-year-old boy sitting in a vehicle behind slumped-over adults
Officer Curtis Shurtliff came to the rescue and performed CPR for 30 minutes
The nation’s medical tactical response team answers the call when mass medical care is needed
Jim and Doug revist the topic of Narcan and respond to some comments from LEOs
Jim and Doug also offer key tips for making the jump up to the next level in the chain of command and explore how police use social media to solve crimes
Test your knowledge of assessing and treating an opioid overdose
The department posted edited video of the overdose and revival on its Facebook page
The incident has shaken officers, who have been responding to hundreds of opiate overdose calls over the past two years
After his city suffered 47 overdose deaths in an 18-month period, Lt. Patrick Glynn began to think seriously about the role of cops in treating OD victims
Risk of transmitting the disease depends on whether the HIV carrier has a “high viral load” and the severity of the bite
Man became agitated over treatment and drew a handgun from his waistband in the deadly November 3 shooting
Attorney General Eric Holder has urged first responders to use an overdose-reversal drug to help save lives amid a nationwide resurgence in heroin abuse
There has been a big resurgence in heroin mainly because a legitimate prescription drug — Oxycontin — is now much more difficult to obtain
Officers in the Johnstown Police Department’s K9 unit are their dog’s partners, friends and — in some unfortunate situations — their doctors, too
Lakeland PD trains officers to use defibrillators to shock stopped hearts.
The man’s lips were blue and he didn’t appear to be breathing
Buffalo firefighters believe they have the exclusive right to administer Narcan, a lifesaving antidote to forestall the effects of heroin and prescription painkiller overdoses
Supporters say the opportunity to save potentially thousands of lives outweighs any fears by critics that the promise of a nearby antidote would only encourage drug abuse
It was the first time Dallas police used the medical kit, which includes a tourniquet, special anti-clotting gauze and bandages
Officer Dwayne Huddleston went the extra mile and took her son out to keep his mind off his ill mother
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