Development and process evaluation of an educational intervention for overdose prevention and naloxone distribution by general practice trainees
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- 作者：Jan Klimas ; Mairead Egan ; Helen Tobin ; Neil Coleman ; Gerard Bury
- 关键词：Overdose ; Feasibility study ; Naloxone ; Heroin ; Education ; General practice
- 刊名：BMC Medical Education
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：December 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：15
- 期：1
- 全文大小：432 KB
- 刊物主题：Medical Education; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics;
- 出版者：BioMed Central
- ISSN：1472-6920
文摘
Background Overdose is the most common cause of fatalities among opioid users. Naloxone is a life-saving medication for reversing opioid overdose. In Ireland, it is currently available to ambulance and emergency care services, but General Practitioners (GP) are in regular contact with opioid users and their families. This positions them to provide naloxone themselves or to instruct patients how to use it. The new Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Pre-hospital Emergency Care Council of Ireland allows trained bystanders to administer intranasal naloxone.