The Prior Lake Police Department has joined other departments across the country in equipping officers with a life-saving antidote to opioid drugs. Prior Lake officers recently got training to ...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has rated Unicorn Healthcare Services inadequate and placed the service into special ...

With Dry January firmly behind us, many adults are prompted to reassess their relationship with alcohol. Alcohol Change, the UK charity behind the popular Dry January initiative, found that 30% of men ...

Proper storage of medical products is critical due to their potential sensitivity to environmental conditions, such as ...

If you've ever wondered how you can help in a life-or-death situation involving an opioid overdose, there’s a free opportunity for you to learn how to make a difference.

Medication dose miscalculations can have serious ... You resume compressions, ventilate, establish IO access, and are ready to administer your first dose of epinephrine 1:10,000.

Use a medication administration cross check – a simple standardized tool to verify the correct medication and dose is given to the patient. The check is a two-person verbal procedure that ...

But giving the flexibility to our schools to have somebody with some degree of medical training that can ... such as changing catheters and administering medication for conditions like epilepsy ...

Administering the medication can prevent full-body aches ... Practitioners were required to get additional training to prescribe it. “When I got here eight or nine years ago, buprenorphine ...

The first webinar is scheduled for Jan. 28, 2025. The training covers requirements pertaining to medication administration and management. Topics include regulatory requirements and expectations, ...

Consider holding tube feeding for at least one to two hours before and after medication administration if drug absorption may be affected.

The Washington State Patrol is asking the community to keep an eye out for a 68-year-old man who has dementia and doesn’t have his medications with him. His name is Kenneth McIntosh and he was ...