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OPTIONS Referral Overview

Category: OPTIONS Referral

Overdose Prevention Through Intensive Outreach Naloxone and Safety (OPTIONS)  EMS Referral Program  The OPTIONS Referral program provides a pathway to recovery by providing EMS clinicians with the ...

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Naloxone Dispensation (Leave Behind) Program

Category: Naloxone Dispensation

The Naloxone Dispensation program allows EMS clinicians to leave a Naloxone kit with a patient experiencing a suspected narcotic overdose and who refuses transport to an emergency department. The ki...

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Comfort Care/DNR Program

Category: Comfort Care/Do Not Resuscitate (DNR)

The Maine EMS Comfort Care/DNR program has two different forms available, depending upon whether the patient has the capacity to make an informed decision. The Comfort Care/DNR Directive is available ...

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Contact Information

Category: General

Mailing Address Office Hours Phone & Fax Numbers Maine Emergency Medical ServicesDepartment of Public Safety45 Commerce Drive Suite 1152 State House StationAugusta, ME 04333-0152 Monday...

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OPTIONS - How to document to create a referral

Category: OPTIONS Referral

Maine EMS has developed a process by which EMS clinicians will be able to generate a referral for patients experiencing substance use issues to the Maine OPTIONS program. This document explains how ...

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What is EMS

Category: Workforce

Emergency Medical Services, more commonly known as EMS, is a system that provides emergency medical care. Once it is activated by an incident that causes serious illness or injury, the focus of EMS is...

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