HOUR and Opioid OD Disposition!

When do you discharge a patient with opioid OD? Is it awake, alert ox3, Passed road test, articulate well? AEM published a prospective clinical prediction rule to assess when a patient is ready to be discharged! Hospital Observation Upon Reversal (HOUR) with naloxone will assess patients one hour after administration of prehospital naloxone. Six criteria […]

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