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Arlington paramedics begin field buprenorphine inductions through CARES 'CORE' program
Summary
City paramedics have started a CORE program that allows trained paramedics to give buprenorphine after opioid overdoses and connect patients to follow-up care through the CARES program; officials say the first field induction happened last week.
Matt Hickman, the city’s temporary assistant chief of medical services, told the City Council that Arlington Fire Department paramedics have launched a CORE program — an extension of the department’s CARES (Community Assistance, Referral, and Education Services) outreach — and performed the department’s first buprenorphine induction last week.
Hickman said the program gives paramedics a new tool to reduce repeated overdoses and to connect patients to immediate follow-up services through CARES. “We actually went live with this core program just this month…
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