Identification and Treatment of Opioid-Associated Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Emergency Medical Service Protocols

David G Dillon; Gustavo D Porto; Vidya Eswaran; Courtney Shay; Juan Carlos C Montoy

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.14351

Identification and Treatment of Opioid-Associated Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in Emergency Medical Service Protocols

JAMA Netw Open. 2022 May 2;5(5):e2214351. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.14351.

Authors

David G Dillon¹, Gustavo D Porto², Vidya Eswaran^{1

3}, Courtney Shay¹, Juan Carlos C Montoy¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.
² Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, North Haven, Connecticut.
³ National Clinician Scholars Program, Philip R. Lee Institute of Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study reviews emergency medical services (EMS) treatment protocols for adults presenting with cardiac arrest or overdose to evaluate whether current protocols include the consideration of opioid overdose for patients with possible out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation*
Emergency Medical Services*
Humans
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest* / therapy

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid

Grants and funding

R38 HL143581/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS/United States