Prehospital naloxone administration - what influences choice of dose and route of administration?

Ida TylleskärLinn GjersingLars Petter BjørnsenAnne-Cathrine BraarudFridtjof HeyerdahlOla DaleArnre Kristian Skulberg

Published in: BMC emergency medicine (2020)

Intramuscular naloxone doses of 0.4 and 0.8 mg were effective and safe in the treatment of opioid overdose in the prehospital setting. Emergency medical staff appear to titrate naloxone based on clinical presentation.

Keyphrases

emergency medical
cardiac arrest
chronic pain
trauma patients