Heroin and pharmaceutical opioid overdose events: Emergency medical response characteristics

Highlights • Emergency Medical Services data provided important insights into opioid overdose. • Heroin was identified in 43% of cases and pharmaceutical-opioids-only in 37%. • Cases were clinically similar, yet heroin users were more likely to receive naloxone. • Pharmaceutical opioid cases were mu...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Drug and alcohol dependence 2017-09, Vol.178, p.1-6
Hauptverfasser:	Banta-Green, Caleb J, Coffin, Phillip O, Schoeppe, Jennie A, Merrill, Joseph O, Whiteside, Lauren K, Ebersol, Abigail K
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Age Factors Analgesics, Opioid - poisoning Coma Drug abuse Drug overdose Drug Overdose - epidemiology Emergency medical care Emergency medical services Emergency Medical Services - statistics & numerical data Emergency response Emergency services Female Health services Heroin Heroin - poisoning Humans Incidence Male Middle Aged Naloxone Naloxone - therapeutic use Narcotic Antagonists - therapeutic use Narcotics Opioids Overdose Overdoses Pharmaceutical opioid Pharmaceuticals Psychiatry Pupils Respiration Respiratory rate Sex Factors Statistical analysis Statistical tests Students Surveillance Washington - epidemiology Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • Emergency Medical Services data provided important insights into opioid overdose. • Heroin was identified in 43% of cases and pharmaceutical-opioids-only in 37%. • Cases were clinically similar, yet heroin users were more likely to receive naloxone. • Pharmaceutical opioid cases were much more likely to be intubated. • Standardized surveillance of opioid overdoses could be valuable for public health.
ISSN:	0376-8716 1879-0046
DOI:	10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.04.021