• Prehosp Emerg Care · Oct 2014

    Case Reports

    Pitfalls of Intransal Naloxone.

    • Matthew Zuckerman, Stacy N Weisberg, and Edward W Boyer.
    • Prehosp Emerg Care. 2014 Oct 1; 18 (4): 550-4.

    AbstractWe present a case of failed prehospital treatment of fentanyl induced apnea with intranasal (IN) naloxone. While IN administration of naloxone is becoming more common in both lay and pre-hospital settings, older EMS protocols utilized intravenous (IV) administration. Longer-acting, higher potency opioids, such as fentanyl, may not be as easily reversed as heroin, and studies evaluating IN administration in this population are lacking. In order to contribute to our understanding of the strengths and limitations of IN administration of naloxone, we present a case where it failed to restore ventilation. We also describe peer reviewed literature that supports the use of IV naloxone following heroin overdose and explore possible limitations of generalizing this literature to opioids other than heroin and to IN routes of administration.

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