A Complicated Opioid Overdose: A Simulation for Emergency Medicine Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Opioid abuse is a growing problem in the United States. As a result, emergency medicine physicians often use naloxone to reverse opioid overdoses. While normally a safe drug, one potential complication of the antidote's use is flash pulmonary edema. This simulation was created after a patient followed the clinical course described after an opioid overdose.

Methods

This simulation utilized a high-fidelity simulator to expose resident emergency medicine physicians to flash pulmonary edema secondary to naloxone administration. The simulation involved a 31-year-old male patient presenting with agonal respirations following an opioid overdose. The residents managed the patient appropriately with naloxone. However, he developed progressive dyspnea. The residents soon

SUBMITTER: Keenan MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6338199 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature