ED Naloxone Overdose 
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
SEPTEMBER 21, 2024
Naloxone and Patient Outcomes in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrests in California. He currently practices emergency medicine in New Mexico in the ED, in the field with EMS and with the UNM Lifeguard Air Emergency Services. Your partner asks if you want to administer naloxone as well. JAMA Network Open.
Emergency Medicine Cases
OCTOBER 23, 2018
Aaron Orkin discuss the latest in naloxone in opioid overdose cardiac arrest and altered LOA, a 5-step approach to ED opioid withdrawal management and how we can improve mortality and morbidity in patients with opioid use disorder in the era of the opioid epidemic.
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ALiEM
NOVEMBER 29, 2023
Recently, xylazine has gained attention in the media with increasing reports of xylazine-related overdose deaths in patients. When combined with illicit opioids such as heroin and fentanyl, xylazine may increase the risk of fatal overdose given the augmented sedation and respiratory depression effects [2]. Published May 2023.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
JANUARY 19, 2019
Hospital Observation Upon Reversal (HOUR) With Naloxone: A Prospective Clinical Prediction Rule Validation Study. Hospital Observation Upon Reversal (HOUR) With Naloxone: A Prospective Clinical Prediction Rule Validation Study. The EMS crew observes drug paraphernalia and suspect an intravenous (IV) opioid overdose.
REBEL EM
JUNE 5, 2023
Background Information: Opioid overdose deaths have been increasing in the past twenty years. The national number of overdose deaths from any opioid has increased 62.5% In addition, buprenorphine has a lower risk of death from overdose when compared to methadone (2). Initial doses ranged between 0.2 PMID 33392580.
ESO
DECEMBER 18, 2024
In 2023, EMS clinicians responded to 236,000 calls for suspected opioid overdoses, representing nearly 2% of all EMS calls nationwide. The 2024 ESO EMS Index reveals that 82% of patients with suspected opioid overdoses received naloxone, a medication that can reverse opioid effects.
The Skeptics' Guide to EM
AUGUST 27, 2022
Just give them a choice”: Patients’ perspectives regarding starting medications for opioid use disorder in the ED. Just give them a choice”: Patients’ perspectives regarding starting medications for opioid use disorder in the ED. Case: A 24-year-old male presents to the emergency department (ED) after a fentanyl overdose.
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