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Donate Blood Today!
Article by The Patch ORANGE COUNTY, CA — The need for local blood donations remains high as the pandemic has challenged the nation’s blood supply. All blood types are needed, especially type O to refuel the country’s blood stockpile. In most states, donors need to be at least 17 years old, weigh at least 110…
New vaccine delivery system launches in parts of California
Article by Janie Har, Amy Taxin and Kathleen Ronayne | The Associated Press California’s new system of delivering, tracking and scheduling coronavirus vaccines is being rolled out in select counties — including Riverside County — a first step in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to smooth out what has been a confusing and disjointed rollout hampered…
Firefighter Burned in Silverado Fire Checks Out of Burn Center
Article by Associated Press, Chip Yost, Rick Chambers A firefighter who barely survived being overrun by flames while battling an Orange County wildfire last October was released from a hospital to cheers on Wednesday after undergoing more than a dozen surgeries. Dylan Van Iwaarden sat up in a gurney as he was wheeled out of…
HIE Field Implementation of EMS Access to Patient History
Orange County field implementation of bidirectional data exchange between EMS and hospitals via health information exchange allows EMTs and paramedics to access countywide patient history. Click Here to view the JEMS.com article
No More Epinephrine Ratio Expressions
As of May 2016, the ratio expression format for certain single-entity drug labels is no longer permitted. As a result of this new development, labels for several single-entity drugs including epinephrine are required to include mass concentrations. However, this change will not be made to labels for local anesthetics like lidocaine 1% and epinephrine-combination solutions. This new epinephrine labeling display…