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Whatcom EMS reports overdose trends: naloxone increasingly used by bystanders, non-transport rate falling
Summary
Whatcom EMS presented updated overdose-response data showing a May 2024 peak, an average around three EMS overdose responses per day in early March 2025, growing use of bystander-administered naloxone and a decline in non-transport rates from roughly the low 40s percent to about 35 percent.
Whatcom EMS presented monthly overdose and naloxone distribution data to the Incarceration Prevention Reduction Task Force on March 11, reporting that county EMS responses peaked in May 2024 and in early March 2025 were averaging about three overdose responses per day. Presenter Mike Hilly noted the EMS dashboard and WhatcomOverdosePrevention.org as sources for regularly updated data.
Hilly said naloxone distribution has shifted: a growing share of naloxone administrations are recorded as "prior to arrival" (civilian or other first responders giving naloxone…
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