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N.C. Community Paramedics Help Combat Opioid Crisis

02/07/2019

So far, 58 of the 112 overdose survivors who had contact with the community paramedics have sought treatment from the quick response team.

So far, 58 of the 112 overdose...

02/07/2019

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N.C. Counties Use 9-1-1 Translation Service

10/13/2014

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Used in Brunswick and New Hanover counties, LanguageLine connects a dispatcher with someone who, if necessary, can determine what language is being spoken and from there transfer the call to a translator.

Used in Brunswick and New...

10/13/2014

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Efforts being Made to Get Heroin Overdose Kits in More Hands in N.C.

09/23/2014

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Cheryl Groves, dissatisfied with officials' response, is taking action against what she calls the "epidemic" of heroin use in North Carolina by distributing kits containing the overdose-reversal drug naloxone through the N.C. Harm Reduction...

Cheryl Groves, dissatisfied with...

09/23/2014

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