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EMS awardee: mobile van clinic coming in November; reported drop in county overdoses
Summary
An EMS Core awardee told the board its mobile van clinic is in production and expected in November; the presenter said the program has transitioned more than 738 patients and reported about 450 overdoses this year compared with roughly 1,700 last year in Escambia County.
An EMS Core representative told the board the mobile van clinic funded through opioid-abatement awards is in production and expected to be delivered in November, and that they have already acquired key medical monitoring equipment. The presenter also said the program has helped transition hundreds of patients and reported a sizable year-to-date drop in reported overdoses in Escambia County compared with last year.
"We're over 738 patients transition," the presenter said when summarizing program reach. On overdose trends the speaker said, year to date Escambia County shows about 450 overdoses versus roughly 1,700 last year, which the presenter described as a significant decline potentially attributable to local response efforts.
