Vital Signs Teleconference: Opioid Overdoses Treated in Emergency Departments

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 03/06/2018 This 32-minute audio recording is from a teleconference that discusses how health departments can respond to the 30 percent increase in Emergency Department visits for suspected opioid overdoses. The country is currently seeing the highest drug overdose death rates ever recorded in the United States, driven by prescription opioids and by illicit opioids such as heroin and illicitly-manufactured fentanyl. Opioid overdoses increased for both genders, all age groups, and all regions, but varied by state, with rural/urban differences. (Video or Multimedia)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - March 9, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news