Historique
Rapport
Community management of opioid overdose
Auteur(s) :
OMS / WHO (Organisation mondiale de la santé / World Health Organization)
Année
2014
Page(s) :
88 p.
Sous-type de document :
Revue de la littérature / Literature review
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Éditeur(s) :
Genève : OMS / WHO
ISBN :
978-92-4-154881-6
Refs biblio. :
133
Domaine :
Autres substances / Other substances ; Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Thésaurus géographique
INTERNATIONAL
Thésaurus mots-clés
OPIOIDES
;
SURDOSE
;
NALOXONE
;
RECOMMANDATION
;
PSYCHOTROPES
;
HEROINE
;
PRISE EN CHARGE
Résumé :
An estimated 69 000 people die each year from opioid overdose. Opioid overdose is easily reversed with the opioid antidote naloxone and with basic life support. Such care is generally only available in medical settings, however. These guidelines recommend that people who are likely to witness an opioid overdose, including people who use opioids, and their family and friends should be given access to naloxone and training in its use so that they can respond to opioid overdose in an emergency if a medical response is not available. Naloxone can be injected or administered intra-nasally and has minimal effects in people who have not used opioids. While naloxone administered by bystanders is a potentially life-saving emergency interim response to opioid overdose, it should not be seen as a replacement for comprehensive medical care.