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posted by mrpg on Sunday December 30 2018, @05:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the good-to-know dept.

  Naloxone has saved thousands of lives. But can patients be safely discharged from the Emergency Department (ED) just an hour after they receive the medication that curtails drug overdoses?

According to the St. Paul's Early Discharge Rule developed in 2000, that's how long providers should observe patients after naloxone treatment, so long as their vital signs meet specific criteria and they are ambulatory.

But the rule was never externally validated or assessed in light of the changes that have occurred in recent years with opioid use disorder.


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  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday December 31 2018, @09:14AM

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Monday December 31 2018, @09:14AM (#780200) Homepage Journal

    This because "Sarah" - not her real name - shoots dope. RLY.

    The NarCan I'll purchase for her is to she could save the life of one of her friends. If I can somehow come up with the ducats for lots of NarCan, I'll buy it for ALL of her friends.

    Sarah once woke up in the back of an ambulance "because someone slipped me fentanyl and I got NarCanned".

    Just now I fear that she shot fentanyl a second time but did not get so-NarCanned, as I haven't heard from her since midnight Friday night. She and I mostly communicate via SMS when she's away, but around ten this morning I'll make a voice call.

    If she doesn't answer, because she's not on the Multnomah County Jail Inmate Roster, I'll also check with the Medical Examiner, then try calling all of Portland's many fine hospitals.

    Most likely she'll be sleeping in a friend's car, but even when she's turning tricks in South-East Portland - oddly, that Sarah is a Lady Of The Evening does NOT make me feel insecure - she never thinks to text me.

    When she and I are at home together next I'll _respectfully_ request she text me from time to time, so I can feel secure in the knowledge that she's not adding flavor nor protein to some local serial killer's Spaghetti Sauce.

    Spaghetti Sauce, that makes me hungry! I'll go make some microwave rice then season it with Goya's Taqueria Sauce. Goya's Taqueria Sauce is the shit, I tell you.

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