Stanly County EMS - Community Paramedics

A post-overdose response team (PORT) is a program that follows up with a person who has recently overdosed, typically (e.g. within 24-72 hours of the overdose) to provide support, education, and connections to needed resources (e.g. naloxone). PORT programs are a great opportunity to build relationships with people who use drugs in your community and create connections to offer a variety of wraparound health and social services, even if that connection occurs at a later time.  Stanly County PORT is even able to provide a suboxone bridge for patients to begin medication assisted treatment after an overdose.  

Stanly County PORT serves individuals who have experienced overdose or who have been identified as needing connections to resources such as Medication Assisted Treatment, naloxone, or detox.  

Stanly County EMS overdose call data, referrals to treatment, and induction of medication assisted treatment will be used as measures of impact.