{"id":141662,"date":"2026-03-18T12:09:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/141662\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T12:09:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:09:08","slug":"cooper-ems-first-to-give-injectable-buprenorphine-in-ambulances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/141662\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooper EMS first to give injectable buprenorphine in ambulances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/play-icon.png\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/play-icon.png\"\/> Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/njbiz.com\/tag\/cooper-university-health-care\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with Cooper University Health Care\" target=\"_blank\">Cooper University Health Care<\/a> is taking more steps to care for patients experiencing an\u00a0opioid\u00a0overdose.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/njbiz.com\/tag\/camden\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with Camden\" target=\"_blank\">Camden<\/a>-based network\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/center\/emergency-medical-services-ems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">emergency medical services department<\/a> announced March 11 it is the first EMS system in the nation to carry and administer long-acting injectable <a href=\"https:\/\/njbiz.com\/tag\/buprenorphine\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with buprenorphine\" target=\"_blank\">buprenorphine<\/a> in ambulances.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>According to the health system, Cooper was the first EMS agency in the U.S. to place the oral overdose treatment on its Mobile Intensive Care Unit ambulances in 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samhsa.gov\/substance-use\/treatment\/options\/buprenorphine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Buprenorphine<\/a> reduces opioid cravings, prevents withdrawal and significantly lowers the risk of repeat overdose, according to Cooper.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>In December 2025, <a href=\"https:\/\/njbiz.com\/cooper-bupe-first-program-opioid-overdose-expansion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Cooper EMS expanded this initial program.<\/a> The growth introduced Bupe FIRST to University Hospital in Newark as well as St. Joseph\u2019s Health in Paterson.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>The new the extended-release injectable delivers up to a month of continuous <a href=\"https:\/\/njbiz.com\/tag\/opioid-use-disorder-treatment\/\" class=\"st_tag internal_tag \" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" title=\"Posts tagged with opioid use disorder treatment\" target=\"_blank\">opioid use disorder treatment<\/a> coverage from a single EMS encounter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-545063\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Buprenorphine is used to treat opioid use disorder.\" width=\"350\" height=\"214\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/buprenorphine_Medication-boxes.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-545063\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/buprenorphine_Medication-boxes.jpg\" alt=\"Buprenorphine is used to treat opioid use disorder.\" width=\"350\" height=\"214\"  \/>Buprenorphine is used to treat opioid use disorder. \u2013 PROVIDED BY COOPER HEALTH<\/p>\n<p>Cooper noted this marks a significant advancement for treatment. It helps \u201covercome common barriers to treatment adherence, including missed doses, unstable housing, transportation challenges, and delays in accessing outpatient care.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToo often, patients survive an overdose but fall through the cracks before they can access treatment,\u201d Dr. Gerard Carroll, EMS medical director at Cooper, said in a statement. \u201cBy allowing paramedics to administer injectable buprenorphine, we\u2019re not just reversing overdoses \u2014 we\u2019re initiating sustained recovery at the point of care.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Cooper University Health Care is taking more steps to care for patients experiencing an\u00a0opioid\u00a0overdose.\u00a0&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[64862,7980,64863,40453,64864,64865,69,71,70],"class_list":["post-141662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-buprenorphine","tag-camden","tag-cooper-ems","tag-cooper-university-health-care","tag-emergency-care","tag-opioid-use-disorder-treatment","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}