Management of Suspected Opioid Overdose with Naloxone by Emergency Medical Services Personnel

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 11/2017 This 106-page report summarizes a review to determine optimal doses, routes of administration, and dosing strategies of naloxone for suspected opioid overdose in out-of-hospital settings, and whether transport to a hospital following successful opioid overdose reversal with naloxone is necessary. It found that more research is needed to determine optimal doses of naloxone, appropriate timing of repeat dosing, and whether it is necessary to dose patients to full consciousness. (PDF)
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