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DEA orders changes at King County Medic One after paramedic’s fatal overdose on regulated drugs
A Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) investigation, triggered by the February 2023 death of the King County Medic One paramedic ... medical supplies and an IV bag full of fluid still hooked ...
Hurricane Helene Damages Could Result In IV Bag Shortage
The destruction of a key manufacturing plant in North Carolina that produces 60% of intravenous fluids in the U.S. is the ...
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Toledo man found unconscious in his car arrested for drug trafficking
Bowling Green police were dispatched Tuesday to the 100 block of West Gypsy Lane Road for an unconscious male.
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One of the busiest in the nation, LAFD firehouse sees more ODs than fires
Firefighters assigned to Station 11 have responded to 599 overdoses compared to 36 structure fires through August of this ...
Police chase U-Haul truck through Mount Pleasant. Pair charged with shoplifting, drug possession.
Michael Grooms and Laura Vereen were arrested after allegedly shoplifting from a Walmart, fleeing in a U-Haul and leading ...
Hidden Killers: Inside San Antonio's struggle with fentanyl and meth addiction
Fatal overdoses have more than doubled in the San Antonio area. Driving the surge is fentanyl, a synthetic opioid 50 times ...
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D.C. medics’ new tool to save trauma victims? Bags of blood.
The shooting victim lay unconscious, with blood pressure so low that D.C. Fire and EMS paramedic Sgt. Daniel Lottes believed his patient was at the “crest of death.” For 17 years, Lottes has ...
Column: At LAFD Station 11, one of the busiest in the nation, far more overdose emergencies than structure fires
At Fire Station 11 near MacArthur Park, the crew must navigate a nightmare of drug overdoses, misery — and, sometimes, a ...
NH hospitals, ambulance services share strategies to deal with IV fluid shortage
A major New England hospital system is temporarily deferring some procedures that require intravenous fluid after Hurricane ...
Man’s identity used to buy two cars in Texas, totaling more than $85,000: Beachwood Police Blotter
Also in the Beachwood blotter, police arrested a Hudson woman for theft at a Beachwood Place makeup store while she was in ...
At LAFD Station 11, one of the busiest in the nation, few fires, and no end to overdose emergencies
At Fire Station 11 near MacArthur Park, the crew must navigate a nightmare of drug overdoses, misery — and, sometimes, a ...
Paramedic rushes in as major Emmerdale character is badly injured
The popular character has been taking mysterious phone calls and Dawn (Olivia Bromley) recently discovered a large wad of cash in his bag, which he was quite cagey about. He said he’d been doing extra ...