Buncombe County EMS has a new tool for helping an individual suffering from an opioid overdose: medication-assisted treatment, or MAT.
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Letter: Put a mask on the public face of first responders
“I don’t understand why there is apparently no organizational push to get these guys and gals into nonmedical face coverings for routine trips into public spaces.”
Letter: EMS decision may be wise one for Buncombe
“This is a wise decision by the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners if the Medic private EMS service contract is structured to best service Medicare beneficiaries.”
One fatality in accident that closed part of Haywood Road, APD confirm
UPDATE: The Asheville Police Department confirms that one local resident died in a motorcycle accident on Haywood Road earlier today, June 8.
Mock fatal crash to demonstrate distracted driving at Asheville High School
If you were driving by the high school today and saw all the emergency vehicles, don’t worry. It was a class on what happens at the scene of a fatal accident. (photos by Bill Rhodes)
What shall we do without us?
A few weeks ago I broke my knee. It was a big dramatic affair with a 911 call, firefighters and an ambulance ride. I rode in the ambulance to Mission ER, with an emergency medical-services worker taking my blood pressure, covering me with a blanket, talking to me reassuringly, and yet with the seriousness of […]