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ToxCard: Naloxone – Pearls and Pitfalls

EMDocs

In the field, he was given 4 mg intranasal (IN) naloxone and rescue breaths via bag valve mask. He is administered 2mg intravenous (IV) naloxone and shortly after develops precipitated withdrawal with altered mental status, diaphoresis, vomiting, and diarrhea. When should a naloxone infusion be considered?

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Case Report: Acute Kratom Withdrawal

ACEP Now

A 33-year-old male with a history of drug use presented to the emergency department (ED) for extreme agitation after receiving two doses of 2 mg naloxone by EMS for respiratory depression. In 2022, the National Poison Data system reported 1,278 cases involving kratom; about 45 percent of those cases required health care facility management.

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An EM Resident’s Guide to Basic Airway Management

Core EM

This graph shows the gaseous equivalent volume of oxygen stored in the lungs, bound to hemoglobin, and dissolved in the plasma for people breathing room air (far left) vs the same people pre-oxygenated by breathing 100% O2 (far right), and then after they have desatted to 90% while apneic (center). et al (2022). Apfelbaum, J.

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