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To: Amberdawn
So--I didn't finish my thought to answer your question.

Yes, naloxone is given routinely to unconscious patients. If the recipient quickly responds to the naloxone, then opioid OD is clinically positive. Sometimes it takes multiple doses to bring the person back to alert.

When naloxone has no immediate effect, then other sources for the altered mental status are evaluated. This would include a finger stick blood glucose to check for hypoglycemia.

173 posted on 06/01/2020 7:20:45 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Don't be a pinhead.)
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To: NautiNurse

OK, thanks. Ignore my post above then.


185 posted on 06/01/2020 7:39:19 PM PDT by Amberdawn
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