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Whatcom County EMS: one-day overdose spikes prompt closer review; Narcan credited with saving lives
Summary
On July 15, Whatcom County Emergency Medical Services presented updated overdose surveillance data to the Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force behavioral health committee, reporting a cluster of overdoses on July 12 and a small number of additional incidents over the next two days that have prompted local review.
On July 15, Whatcom County Emergency Medical Services presented updated overdose surveillance data to the Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force behavioral health committee, reporting a cluster of overdoses on July 12 and a small number of additional incidents over the next two days that have prompted local review.
The presentation, given by Mike Hillig of Whatcom County EMS, said the county saw a sudden “spike in a given day” that may reflect a batch of dangerous drugs, non-opioid overdoses such as methamphetamine or alcohol, or random clustering. “I just find it interesting that we have this sudden spike in in a given day, but then the next two days,…
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