Community Management of Opioid Overdose by World Health Organization
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Community Management of Opioid Overdose

Community Management of Opioid Overdose


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Opioids are potent respiratory depressants, and overdose is a leading cause of death among people who use them. Worldwide, an estimated 69,000 people die from opioid overdose each year. The number of opioid overdoses has risen in recent years, in part due to the increased use of opioids in the management of chronic pain. In 2010, an estimated 16,651 people died from an overdose of prescription opioids in the United States of America alone.

Opioid overdose is treatable with naloxone, an opioid antagonist which rapidly reverses the effects of opioids. Death does not usually occur immediately, and in the majority of cases, overdoses are witnessed by a family member, peer or someone whose work brings them into contact with people who use opioids. Increased access to naloxone for people likely to witness an overdose could significantly reduce the high numbers of opioid overdose deaths. In recent years, a number of programs around the world have shown that it is feasible to provide naloxone to people likely to witness an opioid overdose, in combination with training on the use of naloxone and the resuscitation of people experiencing opioid overdose, prompting calls for the widespread adoption of this approach.

These guidelines aim to reduce the number of deaths from opioid overdose by providing evidence-based recommendations on making naloxone available to people likely to witness an opioid overdose along with advice on the resuscitation and post-resuscitation care of opioid overdose in the community. Specifically, these guidelines seek to increase the availability of naloxone to people likely to witness an opioid overdose in the pre-hospital setting; increase the preparedness of people likely to witness an opioid overdose to respond safely and effectively by carrying naloxone and being trained in the management of opioid overdose; increase the rate of effective resuscitation and post-resuscitation care by persons witnessing an opioid overdose.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789241548816
  • Publisher: World Health Organization
  • ISBN-10: 9241548819
  • Publisher Date: 08 Sep 2015


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