title: Commentary on Gjersing & Bretteville-Jensen (2015): EMS-treated opioid overdose--an important opportunity for saving lives.
abstract: Overdose reversal must be seen as an opportunity for intervention because of the elevated risk of death following the event. While emergency medical cardiac arrest care is a poor parallel for opioid overdose, the need for rigorous review and fiscally prudent solutions is similar. Efforts must be made to look for solutions to prevent and treat future overdose specifically in the population that has had an overdose event.
authors.affiliation: Division of Prehospital and Operational Medicine, Albany Medical College-Emergency Medicine, Albany, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dailey
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D062787:Drug Overdose / Q000453:epidemiology; D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006801:Humans; D009270:Naloxone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid; D009292:Narcotic Antagonists; D009270:Naloxone
keywords: Ambulance; CPR; EMS; naloxone; opioid overdose; prevention