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Mayor Bruce Harrell joined leaders from the Seattle Fire Department (SFD), Washington State Department of Health, and emergency medical responders to give an update on SFD’s Buprenorphine Pilot Program. The program launched this spring with paramedics allowed to administer buprenorphine, a medication to treat opioid use disorder and reduce the risk of future overdoses, in the field for patients being treated for an opioid overdose or those actively experiencing withdrawal symptoms. Following authorization from the state, Seattle became the first city in the country to allow firefighter/emergency medical technicians (EMTs) to administer the medicine this fall, expanding access to this lifesaving treatment option.

Speakers include:
Mayor Bruce Harrell, City of Seattle

Dr. Umair A. Shah, Washington State Secretary of Health

Harold Scoggins, Seattle Fire Department Chief

Dr. Michael Sayre, Seattle Fire Department Medical Director

Brad Finegood, Public Health – Seattle and King County