When Should Naloxone Be Administered to the Undifferentiated Unresponsive Person?

Authors

  • Ira Nemeth
  • Andrew MacPherson
  • Richard Bradley

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25894/ijfae.1.2.2

Keywords:

naloxone, First Aid, unresponsive, red cross, american heart association

Abstract

Despite deaths from opioid overdose having increased significantly in recent years, the ARC SAC advise that administering Naloxone, which can reverse the effects of an overdose, should not be prioritized in undifferentiated patients experiencing cardiac arrest over currently accepted resuscitation techniques, as coronary artery disease is nearly ten times more likely than opioid overdose to be the cause.

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Published

2018-08-31

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 2 (2018)

Section

Letters to the Editor and Other Short Communications

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