Lessons learned from an overdose outbreak

Last summer, within eight hours, 12 patients were brought to the emergency department at Yale New Haven Hospital with signs of drug overdose. They had been exposed to toxic doses of fentanyl, a highly potent opioid 50 times stronger than heroin, sold as cocaine. By the end of the episode, three patients had died and four had been admitted to intensive care.
Source: Yale Science and Health News - Category: Universities & Medical Training Tags: Yale News Source Type: news