Opioids
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1. Naloxone - Opioid epidemic is a public health issue
- The first signs of narcotics overdose are decrease or no respiration and eventually
no pulse
- Naloxone is a medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. It can
be given intramuscular, intranasal, and intravenous.
2. The chain of sur- - Check the scene
vival for an opioid - Check for responsiveness
emergency - Get help
- Call 911
- Get an AED
- Get Naloxone
- Assess breathing and pulse
- If the victim is breathing & has pulse monitor the victim
- If the victim is not breathing but has a pulse- provide rescue breathing
- If the victim has no pulse and not breathing normally - begin CPR
3. Website https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/about/understanding-the-opioid-over-
dose-epidemic.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/opioids/basics/epi-
demic.html
4. Website Notes - The number of opioid-involved deaths increased substantially from 1999 to 2023,
but 2023 marked the first annual decline since 2018.
- There have been three distinct waves of increases in opioid overdose deaths over
the last 25 years, with each wave driven by different types of opioids.
- Increasing communities' overdose prevention and response support, capacity,
and education may help save lives.
- Approximately 105,000 people died from drug overdose in 2023 and nearly
80,000 of those deaths involved opioids (about 76%).
- The number of people who died from an opioid overdose in 2023 was nearly 10
times the number in 1999; however, the opioid overdose death rate declined 4%
from 2022 to 2023.
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Study online at https://quizlet.com/_hjvrdy
1. Naloxone - Opioid epidemic is a public health issue
- The first signs of narcotics overdose are decrease or no respiration and eventually
no pulse
- Naloxone is a medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. It can
be given intramuscular, intranasal, and intravenous.
2. The chain of sur- - Check the scene
vival for an opioid - Check for responsiveness
emergency - Get help
- Call 911
- Get an AED
- Get Naloxone
- Assess breathing and pulse
- If the victim is breathing & has pulse monitor the victim
- If the victim is not breathing but has a pulse- provide rescue breathing
- If the victim has no pulse and not breathing normally - begin CPR
3. Website https://www.cdc.gov/overdose-prevention/about/understanding-the-opioid-over-
dose-epidemic.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https://www.cdc.gov/opioids/basics/epi-
demic.html
4. Website Notes - The number of opioid-involved deaths increased substantially from 1999 to 2023,
but 2023 marked the first annual decline since 2018.
- There have been three distinct waves of increases in opioid overdose deaths over
the last 25 years, with each wave driven by different types of opioids.
- Increasing communities' overdose prevention and response support, capacity,
and education may help save lives.
- Approximately 105,000 people died from drug overdose in 2023 and nearly
80,000 of those deaths involved opioids (about 76%).
- The number of people who died from an opioid overdose in 2023 was nearly 10
times the number in 1999; however, the opioid overdose death rate declined 4%
from 2022 to 2023.
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