Sentences with phrase «naloxone rescue»

«This study confirms that the emergency department provides a promising opportunity for opioid overdose harm reduction measures through overdose education and naloxone rescue kit distribution,» explained lead author Kristin Dwyer, MD, emergency physician at BMC.

In 2009, Project ASSERT, with support from Boston Public Health Commission and Massachusetts Department of Public Health, also began offering overdose prevention education and naloxone rescue kits to emergency department patients at risk for opioid overdose.

Among those with naloxone rescue kits, about one - third administered naloxone during the rescue.

In addition, ED's have the potential to equip patients with nasal naloxone rescue kits as part of this effort.

Of these 51 patients, 73 percent had received a naloxone rescue kit either in the emergency department or elsewhere, such as a detox facility, and approximately one third of the reported opioid use in the last 30 days.

Not exact matches

Officers in all but five police departments in Erie County carry naloxone, known by the brand name Narcan, a rescue nasal spray designed to revive users who overdose on opioid drugs.

«Support groups for families of people who use opioids are promising venues to conduct overdose prevention trainings, because attendees are motivated to receive training and will use naloxone to rescue people when witnessing an overdose.

Researchers in Massachusetts looked at people who underwent training in using the antidote — known as naloxone (Narcan, Evzio)-- and found that family members used it in about 20 percent of slightly over 4,000 rescue attempts.