Managing acute heroin overdose

Emergency Nurse

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 30-35

  Dixon, Pamela ^a  

^a Jersey General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONIST;

EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; NURSING; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEROIN; HUMANS; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OVERDOSE;

EID: 34249034630     PISSN: 13545752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/en2007.05.15.2.30.c4243     Document Type: Article

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