The Opioid Epidemic

10/30/2017The Opioid EpidemicShaylin Ruane, Frederick Community College Paramedics providing care to a patient inside an ambulance, with one clinician preparing equipment and another documenting patient information.

Paramedics providing care to a patient inside an ambulance, with one clinician preparing equipment and another documenting patient information.

The Opioid Epidemic has imposed a threat so severe that it has been officially declared a nationwide public health emergency. Not since the H1N1 virus in 2009 has an epidemic o...