Drug abuse-related emergency calls: A metropolis-wide study

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 36-40

  Togia, Athanasia ^a   Sergentanis, Theodoros N ^a   Sindos, Michael ^a   Ntourakis, Dimitrios ^a   Doumouchtsis, Evangelos ^a   Sergentanis, Ioannis N ^a   Bachtis, Constantinos ^a   Pyrros, Demetrios ^a   Papaefstathiou, Nikolaos ^a  

^a Hellenic National Centre for Emergency Care (EKAB)   (Greece)

Author keywords

ambulance; cancellation; drug abuse; emergency; epidemiology; Europe; prehospital medical services; public health

Indexed keywords

STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERDOSE; PILOT PROJECTS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 46349104901     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00005537     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. March JC, Oviedo-Joekes E, Romero M: Drugs and social exclusion in ten European cities. Eur Addict Res 2006; 12:33-41.
2. European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction: The State of the Drug Problem in Europe. Annual Report 2006. Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 2006.
3. Kokkevi A, Loukadakis M, Plagianakou S, Politikou K, Stefanis C: Sharp increase in illicit drug use in Greece: Trends from a general population survey on licit and illicit drug use. Eur Addict Res 2000;6:42-49.
4. University Mental Health Research Institute: 2006 National Report (2005 data) to the EMCDDA by the Reitox National Focal Point Greece. New development, Trends and in-depth information on selected issues. Athens, Greek REITOX Focal Point, 2006. Available at http://www.ektepn.gr/English/Greek%20National%202006. pdf. Accessed 01 June 2007.
5. Clark MJ, Bates AC: Nonfatal heroin overdoses in Queensland, Australia: An analysis of ambulance data. J Urban Health 2003;80:238-247.
6. Dietze P, Jolley D, Cvetkovski S: Patterns and characteristics of ambulance attendance at heroin overdose at a local-area level in Melbourne, Australia: Implications for service provision. J Urban Health 2003;80:248-260.
7. Seidler D, Schmeiser-Rieder A, Schlarp O, Laggner AN; Heroin and opiate emergencies in Vienna: Analysis at the municipal ambulance service. J Clin Epidemiol 2000;53:734-741.
8. Kimont HG, Leidel J: [Basic medical care of drug dependent patients and young homeless persons-A report from general practice] Gesundheitswesen 1994;56:505-508.
9. Tobin KE, Davey MA, Latkin CA: Calling emergency medical services during drug overdose: An examination of individual, social and setting correlates. Addiction 2005;100:397-404.
10. Sergeev B, Karpets A, Sarang A, Tikhonov M: Prevalence and circumstances of opiate overdose among injection drug users in the Russian Federation. J Urban Health 2003;80:212-219.
11. Darke S, Ross J, Hall W: Overdose among heroin users in Sydney, Australia: II. Responses to overdose. Addiction 1996;91:413-417.
12. Skulberg A, Hansen TB, Cron RD, Sundelius J: [Heroin related overdose problems] Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen 1993;113:1363-1365.
13. Degenhardt L, Hall W, Adelstein BA. Ambulance calls to suspected overdoses: New South Wales patterns July 1997 to June 1999. Aust N Z J Public Health 2001;25:447-450.