Re:Why are Americans dying so young?
by rocket_surgeron on Friday March 31, 2023 @01:34PM
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1. Drug overdoses
2. Obesity
3. Lack of access, due to a lack of affordability and/or availability, to healthcare
I'm a volunteer EMT-B who has a full-time day job so I only work one weekend shift per week and on average I narcan someone once per month. In my state approximately 3,000 people die every year from overdose. Me narcan'ing someone means there's a ~25% chance of them dying in the next year from overdose.
Twice in the last six months someone who was too obese for me and my partner to move by ourselves died while waiting for assistance to arrive.
2. Obesity
3. Lack of access, due to a lack of affordability and/or availability, to healthcare
I'm a volunteer EMT-B who has a full-time day job so I only work one weekend shift per week and on average I narcan someone once per month. In my state approximately 3,000 people die every year from overdose. Me narcan'ing someone means there's a ~25% chance of them dying in the next year from overdose.
Twice in the last six months someone who was too obese for me and my partner to move by ourselves died while waiting for assistance to arrive.