EMS naloxone administration as non‐fatal opioid overdose surveillance: 6‐year outcomes in Marion County, Indiana

201836 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Bradley Ray · University of Indianapolis

Evan M. Lowder · University of Indianapolis

Aaron J. Kivisto · University of Indianapolis

Peter Phalen · University of Maryland, Baltimore

Harold Gil · Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital

Abstract

Among US emergency medical service patients administered naloxone for opioid overdose, those with repeat non-fatal opioid overdose events are at a much higher risk of mortality, particularly drug-related mortality, than those without repeat events.

Topics & Keywords

Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation Poisoning and overdose treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Addiction

Volume 113, Issue 12, pp. 2271-2279

DOI: 10.1111/add.14426

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