Colorado Springs Fire Department creates a new program to combat fentanyl consumption

Colorado Springs, Colorado (KKTV) – Although the United States recorded a decline in fentanylation overdoses, the Rocky Mountain Drug Enforcement Association, Colorado has been one of 12 states in which opioid deaths have increased.

The Colorado Springs fire department hopes to change this with a new emergency program. The targeted opioid reaction team offers community resources and medication treatments.

The program is the first of its kind in Colorado, except for programs out of hospital systems. The fire brigade hopes to help those who have to struggle with dependencies by providing different types of resources.

The reaction team consists of a paramedic and a clinician. As soon as you arrive, give the individual a medication called suboxons, and the responler can help the retreat symptoms and reduce the desire of medicinal products.

“You will be able to go to the person in which you are in your appropriateness for the piece of medication that is suboxons and then combine you with important resources in the community to ensure that you are connected with ongoing care and treatment,” said Amanda Smith, Community Medical Supervisor.

The fire brigade says that care does not stop when the reaction team provides the medication.

The team hopes that this program bridges the gap between overdose and opioid -dependent with recovery information.

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