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Pubdate: Mon, 19 Jun 2017
Source: Courier-Journal, The (Louisville, KY)
Copyright: 2017 The Courier-Journal
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Website: http://www.courier-journal.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/97
Author: Terry DeMio
MORE VICTIMS OF ODS: FIRST RESPONDERS SUFFER COMPASSION FATIGUE
The man was still, mouth open, head back in a white Crown Victoria
stalled in the middle of a neighborhood street.
A paramedic pushed a flexible tube in the man's vein to pump in
lifesaving naloxone to block the effects of whatever opioid he had
taken and, if all worked well, revive him. Routine work. A little girl
stopped her bicycle, clutching a melting red ice pop as she watched.
"This is just normal for her," said David Geiger, director of
Covington Emergency Medical Services, nodding toward the child.
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MAP posted-by: Matt
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