Guidelines Glimpse: Naloxone in the First Aid Setting

Included in the 2015 guidelines update for CPR and emergency cardiovascular care are new recommendations about opioid overdoses and layperson use of naloxone, a medication that can reverse the life-threatening conditions caused by opioid overdose. Today’s “Guidelines Glimpse” blog post takes a quick look at why the recognition and treatment of opioid overdoses is such a hot topic in the first aid setting.

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