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Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Points of contact below for volunteering to assist with the current flooding incident or any future disaster/emergency situations:
Points of contact below for volunteering to assist with the current flooding incident or any future disaster/emergency situations:
Monday, June 27, 2016
HEALTH ADVISORY 122 Tetanus Vaccine Needed
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (WVDHHR), Bureau for Public Health (BPH) is working through Health Incident Command to support flood-impacted counties with significant clean-up efforts underway across the state. The WVDHHR, BPH is requesting any county health department that has a supply of Tdap to check their supplies and make doses of Tdap available this weekend until an order of additional vaccine can be delivered on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. If county health departments have any doses they can release this weekend, please call (304) 558-6900, extension 71446. These doses will be replaced this coming week. For more information and to download the document, click on the title above.
Wednesday, June 22, 2016
WV Substance Abuse Network Advisory WV 004 June 20 2016
There have been reports of counterfeit Xanax tablets (described as Xanax bars labeled as 2 mg strength) in the United States (Florida, Illinois, Ohio, and others). Although the tablets look like brand name Xanax tablets, they have been documented as containing fentanyl; a synthetic opioid stated to be 50 times more potent than heroin. The counterfeit tablets are thinner in appearance; however, one would have to be familiar with the actual tablets to notice the difference. Xanax is a brand name for alprazolam, a benzodiazepine drug with sedating and anti-anxiety properties. Xanax is a scheduled drug, C-IV. For more information or to download the Advisory click on the title above.
Tuesday, June 21, 2016
EMS COMPASS SEEKS PUBLIC BETA TESTING OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES
June 20, 2016 – Today, EMS Compass published a limited number of performance measures in the areas of stroke, seizure, and hypoglycemia and invited all members of the EMS community to set up these measures in their reporting or analytic software in order to provide real-world beta testing and feedback. The measures are available at mscompass.org/ems-compassmeasures. For more information click on the title above.
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
2016 WV Statewide Interoperable Radio Network Conference
2016 WV Statewide Interoperable Radio Network Conference (SIRN) September 25 - 29, 2016 Camp Dawson - Kingwood, WV