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Expanded Access to Naloxone Among Firefighters, Police Officers, and Emergency Medical Technicians in Massachusetts

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: Naloxone is a medication that reverses respiratory depression from opioid overdose if given in time. Paramedics routinely administer naloxone to opioid overdose victims in the prehospital setting, and many states are moving to increase access to the medication. Several jurisdictions have expanded naloxone administration authority to nonparamedic first responders, and others are considering that step. We report here on policy change in Massachusetts, where several communities have equipped emergency medical technicians, law enforcement officers, and firefighters with naloxone.

Source: American Journal of Public Health

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2014.302062

Authors: Corey S. Davis, Sarah Ruiz, Patrick Glynn, Gerald Picariello, Alexander Y. Walley

Institutions: Boston University, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Language: English

Topic: Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Subfield: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2137305231

FWCI: 17.16

Cites: 18

Cited by: 153

Related to: 10