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Thurston County EMS moves to pilot prehospital Suboxone and formalize peer follow-up with nonprofit partner
Summary
County emergency services reported March 11 that paramedics will begin carrying buprenorphine/Suboxone for prehospital use under a state-approved pilot, and Catholic Community Services will fund a peer case manager to coordinate follow-up care for people treated for overdoses.
Thurston County Director of Emergency Services Ben Miller Todd told the Board of Health on March 11 that the county is finalizing protocols to deploy buprenorphine (Suboxone) from paramedic units and to expand leave-behind Naloxone distribution, and that a nonprofit partner will fund a peer case manager to support follow-up care.
Miller Todd said the state approved the county's pilot for prehospital buprenorphine on March 4 and that the county is in the final stages of training and protocol approval. “Suboxone is what's going to be used in the pre hospital setting throughout Thurston County and all of our paramedic units,” he said, adding that deployment was expected between April 1 and May 1 as training and approvals finish.
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