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Commissioners approve Brunswick County EMS post‑overdose response, authorize hiring for community paramedic positions
Summary
Brunswick County commissioners on March 7 approved the emergency medical services request to begin a post‑overdose medication‑assisted treatment program and move forward with hiring a second community paramedic and an EMS caseworker, following state approvals of clinical protocols.
Brunswick County commissioners on March 7 approved a request from county emergency medical services to begin a post‑overdose response program that includes short‑term medication‑assisted therapy and outreach by community paramedics.
Lyle (EMS presenter and system lead) told the board the county hired its first community paramedic on Dec. 2, 2024, and staff developed medical protocols that received state approval from the North Carolina Office of EMS and BMS on March 5, 2025. He said the program’s goals are to reduce opioid-related deaths, link people who experience an overdose to treatment services and provide bridge medication‑assisted therapy while…
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