The Skeptics' Guide to EM

MAY 21, 2017

Do heroin overdose patients require observation after receiving naloxone? He is also the host of EMToxCast and gave a talk at the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine Annual Retreat […] The post SGEM#179: Chase the Dragon and Naloxone first appeared on The Skeptics Guide to Emergency Medicine. Clinical Toxicology 2017.

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EMDocs

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Naloxone administration may reverse respiratory arrest, preventing progression to cardiac arrest. Editorial Comment: Naloxone first, flumazenil only for pure benzo’s (e.g., This post will focus on the key parts of the guideline that affect ED evaluation and management. Top 10 Take Home Pearls 1. COR Harm, LOE B-R.

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Peter Canning

OCTOBER 30, 2023

I am in the fly car and a BLS crew is in the ambulance. I don’t see anyone on two passes, but then I hear the BLS unit radio they’ve found him. They overdose behind the dumpster where I give them naloxone and put them in the ambulance. We’re dispatched to an overdose on Ashley Street. He used to own his own construction company.

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