SALEM, Ore. — When paramedics ran out of a critical drug used to treat irregular heartbeats, the Bend Fire Department in Central Oregon dug into its stash of expired medications, loaded up the trucks and kept treating patients.
Paramedics turn to expired drugs due to shortages
Thursday, July 12, 2012 | 8:01 p.m. CDT;
updated 8:36 p.m. CDT, Thursday, July 12, 2012
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