The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 21, 2017

[display_podcast] Date: May 19th, 2017 Reference: Willman et al. Do heroin overdose patients require observation after receiving naloxone? display_podcast] Date: May 19th, 2017 Reference: Willman et al. Do heroin overdose patients require observation after receiving naloxone? Reference: Willman et al.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

JANUARY 19, 2019

Date: January 17th , 2019 Reference: Clemency et al. Date: January 17th , 2019 Reference: Clemency et al. The EMS crew observes drug paraphernalia and suspect an intravenous (IV) opioid overdose. 1] Two-thirds of the all the drug overdoses in the US in 2016 (63,632) involved an opioid (42,249). [2]

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Naloxone Overdose Emergency Medical Services Emergency Department 130

FOAMfrat

JUNE 3, 2024

Right as you’re making your bunk you get dispatched for a reported overdose with police enroute, no further information. We go into it with preconceptions of what to expect: “It’s a simple heroin overdose, we’ll wake them up and they’ll refuse, then we’ll go back to bed”. Iolascon A, Andolfo I, Russo R, et al. Hemasphere.

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