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Iredell officials report declines in opioid emergency visits as county expands peer and recovery supports
Summary
Iredell County EMS and public-health staff reported expansion of a countywide opioid response using settlement funds and local partners; staff described peer support teams, referrals, Narcan trainings and metrics showing fewer opioid-related ED visits in 2024.
Iredell County officials on Tuesday held the annual opioid-settlement meeting required by the settlement terms and described a countywide network of EMS, public-health and nonprofit partners providing outreach, peer support and recovery services.
“We like acronyms a lot in our program,” Terry Lamb Blankenship, lead peer support specialist for the county’s Community Response Support Team, said as she outlined the EMS program’s structure and results. Lamb Blankenship described a team of four community paramedics and three peer support specialists who, from July 2024 through May 2025, engaged 68 new participants,…
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