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Patient characteristics associated with being offered take home naloxone in a busy, urban emergency department: a retrospective chart review

Academic article

Overdose deaths can be prevented by distributing take home naloxone (THN) kits. The emergency department (ED) is an opportune setting for overdose pr…

Source : BMC Health Services Research
Format: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: Harm reduction, Naloxone

Knowing How to Recognize and Respond to a Severe Intoxication or Overdose Related to Psychoactive Substance Use or Alcohol Withdrawal

Fact sheet/infographic

This toolkit is intended for frontline service providers who work with people who use psychoactive substances, who may or may not be specialized in t…

Source : Équipe de soutien clinique et organisationnel en dépendance et itinérance (ESCODI), Institut universitaire sur les dépendances (IUD)
Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Harm reduction supplies, Naloxone

Environmental Scan: Naloxone Access and Distribution in Canada

Report

This document was produced in order to consolidate information on current practices in naloxone distribution and to provide a preliminary evaluation …

Source : Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Format: PDF
Published: 2019
Topics: Harm reduction, Naloxone, Substance-specific resources

Chest Compressions and Rescue Breathing When Administering Naloxone in Opioid Overdose

Academic article

This rapid response examines the evidence associated with the use of chest compressions and/or rescue breathing when responding to an opioid overdose…

Source : The Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN)
Format: PDF
Published: 2016
Topics: Harm reduction, Naloxone, Substance-specific resources

Toronto Overdose Action Plan: Prevention & Response

Guide

The Toronto Overdose Action Plan provides a comprehensive set of actions to prevent and respond to overdoses, building on the work that is already ta…

Source : Toronto Public Health
Format: PDF
Published: 2017
Topics: Harm reduction, Naloxone

Guidance on take-home naloxone distribution and use by community overdose responders in Canada

Academic article

The increasing toxicity of opioids in the unregulated drug market has led to escalating numbers of overdoses in Canada and worldwide; takehome naloxo…

Source : Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM), Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)
Format: Link
Published: 2023
Topics: Naloxone, Harm reduction

A Framework for Action: Responding to the Overdose/Opioid Public Health Emergency for First Nations

Framework

A Framework for Action: Responding to the Overdose/Opioid Public Health Emergency for First Nations captures a system-wide response to slow and stop …

Source : First Nations Health Authority (FNHA)
Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Naloxone, Substance-specific resources, Population-specific resources

Savoir reconnaître et agir lors d’une intoxication sévère ou d’une surdose liée à la consommation de substances psychoactives ou d’un sevrage d’alcool

Fact sheet/infographic

Cette boîte à outils s’adresse aux intervenants qui travaillent auprès des personnes qui utilisent des substances psychoactives (SPA), qu’ils soient …

Source : Équipe de soutien clinique et organisationnel en dépendance et itinérance (ESCODI), Institut universitaire sur les dépendances (IUD)
Format: PDF
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Harm reduction supplies, Naloxone

BCCDC Decision Support Tool: Administration of Naloxone

Toolkit

This decision support tool is intended for use by registered nurses who administer naloxone in the management of individuals suspected of, or witness…

Source : BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)
Format: PDF
Published: 2016
Topics: Harm reduction, Naloxone

carrynaloxONe Naloxone Demonstration

Video

This video can help you better understand an opioid overdose, how to respond and how to use naloxone. This video is part of a toolkit that was design…

Source : Ontario Harm Reduction Network (OHRN)
Format: Audiovisual
Published: 2021
Topics: Harm reduction, Naloxone, Substance-specific resources