Assessment for deaths in out-of-hospital heroin overdose patients treated with naloxone who refuse transport

Academic Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 893-896

  Vilke, Gary M ^a,b   Sloane, Christian ^a   Smith, Alan M ^b   Chan, Theodore C ^a  

^a UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Med Div S Diego Co Sheriff Dept   (United States)

Author keywords

Against medical advice; Naloxone (Narcan); Out of hospital; Paramedic; Release

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; NALOXONE; OPIATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PARAMEDICAL DISCIPLINES; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0042420623     PISSN: 10696563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1197/aemj.10.8.893     Document Type: Article

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