{"id":4767,"date":"2024-01-24T17:30:12","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T07:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/southwest-airlines-adds-narcan-emergency-medical-kits\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T17:30:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T07:30:12","slug":"southwest-airlines-is-adding-narcan-to-onboard-emergency-medical-kits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=4767","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Airlines Is Adding Narcan To Onboard Emergency Medical Kits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dallas-based Southwest Airlines<\/a> is quietly equipping its emergency medical kits (EMK) with Narcan, the brand name of naloxone, a medication that reverses an overdose from opioids. For years, the airline had been the only major US carrier without the drug onboard its aircraft, as it is not required by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The airline will update the kits with the life-saving medication throughout this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,402,1849,1848,1850,645,670],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aircraft","category-airline-news","category-medical-supplies","category-narcotics","category-onboard","category-southwest-airlines","category-update"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t