Take -home naloxone rescue kits following heroin overdose in the emergency department to prevent opioid overdose related repeat emergency department visits, hospitalization and death- a pilot study

Abstract Background Opioid overdoses are at an epidemic in the United States causing the deaths of thousands each year. Project DAWN (Deaths Avoided with Naloxone) is an opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution program in Ohio that distributes naloxone rescue kits at clinics and in the em...

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Main Authors: Joan Papp, Mayur Vallabhaneni, Ariel Morales, Jon W. Schrock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Health Services Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-4734-5