{"id":81135,"date":"2026-01-08T08:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/81135\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T08:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T08:59:07","slug":"new-pennsylvania-law-boosts-ems-efforts-to-combat-opioid-crisis-with-real-time-overdose-tracking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/81135\/","title":{"rendered":"New Pennsylvania law boosts EMS efforts to combat opioid crisis with real-time overdose tracking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"300\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-07-061341-e1767795295683-300x168.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-676670\" alt=\"\"   loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>VIDEO: When someone overdoses, paramedics and EMS are usually the first people arriving to help.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why a new law in Pennsylvania is helping first responders and EMS with combating overdoses in the Commonwealth.<\/p>\n<p>The goal of the legislation is to provide more accurate and detailed information to responders on the scene faster.<\/p>\n<p>First responders see what\u2019s happening where and how often overdoses occur around Pa. They will also not be required to upload the information onto the Overdose Information Network Dashboard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 2025, we at First Capital EMS responded to 126 opioid overdoses,\u201d executive director of First Capital EMS Benjamin Kirkpatrick said.<\/p>\n<p>The data matters because when officials know where overdoses are spiking, they can move faster to the scene and help people before it\u2019s too late.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver 5,000 Pennsylvanians die from accidental drug poisoning every year. I mean, that\u2019s a plague,\u201d Senator Doug Mastriano said at a Tuesday afternoon press conference highlighting Act 18 of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>WPMT-TV FOX 43 York<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VIDEO: When someone overdoses, paramedics and EMS are usually the first people arriving to help. That\u2019s why a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":81136,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8338,28,30,29],"class_list":["post-81135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-mid-atlantic-region","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81135","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=81135"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81135\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}