CNN (12/8, Howard) reports, “There were about 181,806 nonfatal opioid overdoses recorded in the United States in the past year, and it’s taken about 9.8 minutes on average for emergency medical services to reach someone” who is experiencing an overdose, “according to a data dashboard that the White House debuted Thursday.” The “first-of-its-kind dashboard was developed to track nonfatal opioid overdoses, which have become a growing public health concern as the U.S. struggles with a decades-long opioid epidemic.”
The Hill (12/8, Choi) reports, “The Nonfatal Opioid Overdose Dashboard tracks rates across states and territories using information from the National EMS Information System.” This “dashboard, made in partnership with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) also tracks the current percentage of patients not transported to a medical facility, the number of naloxone administration per overdose as well as the average time it takes EMS to reach a patient.”
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— “More than 180,000 people overdosed on opioids and survived in the past year, new White House dashboard shows “Jacqueline Howard, CNN, December 8, 2022