Treatment of opioid overdose in a physician-based prehospital EMS: frequency and long-term prognosis

Karina Skafte Nielsen; Søren Louman Nielsen; Volkert Dirk Siersma; Lars S Rasmussen

doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.05.027

Treatment of opioid overdose in a physician-based prehospital EMS: frequency and long-term prognosis

Karina Skafte Nielsen, Søren Louman Nielsen, Volkert Dirk Siersma, Lars S Rasmussen

Department of Anaesthesiology, Center of Head and Orthopaedic Surgery

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Abstract

Prehospital treatment of opioid overdose accounts for a significant proportion of the workload of the emergency system in most major cities. Treatment consists of basic life support and administering naloxone. In our physician-manned mobile emergency care unit (MECU), most patients are released and not admitted to hospital. In this study, we aimed to assess the pattern in the number of episodes with opioid overdose treated by MECU in Copenhagen during a 10-year period and to investigate risk factors for mortality of these patients beyond the initial contact.

Original language	English
Journal	Resuscitation
Volume	82
Issue number	11
Pages (from-to)	1410-3
Number of pages	4
ISSN	0300-9572
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2011.05.027
Publication status	Published - 2011

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