Naloxone for OHCA?

November 01, 2024 00:22:22
Naloxone for OHCA?
Critical Care Perspectives in Emergency Medicine
Naloxone for OHCA?

Nov 01 2024 | 00:22:22

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Show Notes

The incidence of opioid-associated out-of-hospital cardiac arrests continues to rise.  Current guidelines for the resuscitation of patients with OHCA advise the clinician to consider the administration of naloxone of patients with suspected opioid-associated OHCA.  In this podcast, we review a recenlty published study in JAMA that evaluated the association of naloxone with patient outcomes in opioid-associated OHCAs.

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