Rapid Naloxone Administration Workshop for Health Care Providers at an Academic Medical Center.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Opioid overdose is a growing problem in the US. Often, residents are first responders to community and in-hospital opioid overdoses, and so, hands-on naloxone administration education is necessary. While residents get a brief algorithm on suspected opioid overdose during their mandatory American Heart Association basic life support training, there is a lack of hands-on standardized curricula on how to administer this lifesaving medication.

Methods

To fill this gap, we developed a hands-on workshop for medical trainees on how to respond to an opioid overdose. Trainees who completed our workshop left with a first-responder naloxone kit using the Massachusetts statewide open prescription. All attendees were asked to take a voluntary pre- and posttraining survey.

SUBMITTER: Jawa R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7062540 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature