Open AccessIt is time for an ethical, evidence-based approach to youth presenting to the ED with an opioid overdose
Author(s) -
Tom Warshawski,
Curren Warf
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.55
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1918-1485
pISSN - 1205-7088
DOI - 10.1093/pch/pxz011
Subject(s) - opioid overdose , emergency department , opioid , medicine , opioid epidemic , psychiatry , psychology , medical emergency , (+) naloxone , receptor
Currently, there is a dangerous inconsistency between our current understanding of adolescent development and the effects of drugs on cognition when compared to our collective approach to youth who present in the emergency department with an opioid overdose. We call upon practitioners to embrace a new paradigm and we ask the Canadian Pediatric Society (CPS) to spearhead the development of guidelines to advise on best practices to manage youth who present to the emergency department with an illicit drug overdose.