text: Uncategorized | Medic Scribe - Part 22
  You carry four 100 mcgs vials of Fentanyl in your controlled substances kit. How much would those vials be worth on the street? Let's do the math. 100 mcgs of Fentanyl is the equivalent of 10 mgs of Morphine. Morphine is 50% as strong as heroin. Morphine is the equivalent of 50% pure heroin. A […]
  Great article on ems1.com Medical commentary on the issue of danger to first responders of transdermal fentanyl exposure. Dr. Tan, discussing transdermal fentanyl exposure, agrees that exposure as would be typically encountered by first responders is an extremely low risk. "It is not zero risk and certainly not impossible, but extremely low," he said. Fact or […]
  Another three dead of heroin overdoses in Hartford in the last 16 hours. The slaughter continues. Hartford led the state in overdose deaths in 2015 with 56. The 2016 numbers, which are not complete, are estimated to be in the high 70s. Already there have been 5 known heroin deaths in 2016. I recently […]