Responding to a suspected opioid overdose [2019, revised]

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  March 2019, Revised April 4, 2019
  
  This document was updated on April 4, 2019 to clarify the wording in Step 6.
  
  "Call 911 if an overdose is suspected. Even if the person experiencing an overdose wakes up or appears to have improved significantly after one or two doses of naloxone, emergency medical assistance is still necessary. A medical professional should evaluate anyone who has experienced an overdose as soon as possible. Overdose symptoms may not fully improve or may quickly return after initial treatment with naloxone. Other medical complications also are possible. Note that an incapacitated individual's symptoms may be unrelated to opioids. 1. Assess the scene of the incident. 2. Call trained staff to the scene and put on gloves for personal protection. 3. Recognize and evaluate signs and symptoms. 4. Administer naloxone. 5. Start other first aid interventions if trained to do so. 6. Monitor. 7. Follow-up activities after an overdose." - NIOSHTIC-2
  
  
• Subjects:
  Emergencies Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHPUB2019127
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  2 numbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20055207 ; nn:20055341
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:5d0005e2eea3ddb5e783e453e62265e1d88371a909e84bc44cdc3a7bbbff79eb1a294e7c218c56b73a4ba28968b31f8ff944f8f6a9ed0c23530e605c58a16523
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