On Tuesday, May 21st, Mayor London N. Breed joined Mary Ellen Carroll, Executive Director of the Department of Emergency Management and other City leaders to honor San Francisco Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers during the 2024 San Francisco EMS Awards.
Effort builds on Department of Public Health’s work to expand access to buprenorphine -- which reduces deaths due to opioids, opioid cravings and withdrawal symptoms
Local Public Health Program is One of Ten Nationwide to be Selected as the National Association of County and City Health Officials’ “Bronze Innovative Practice Awardee” in 2022
The PulsePoint Respond mobile phone application will increase community
awareness of medical emergencies and alert and direct CPR-trained individuals
nearby to cardiac arrest victim
