Opioid Overdose Risk Reduction
Kentucky Public Health
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ED Bridge
Talking About Naloxone with Patients Prescribed Opioids
This guide offers tips to help clinicians communicate the benefits of naloxone to patients, family members, and caregivers. (CDC)
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When to Offer Naloxone to Patients
Only 1 naloxone prescription is dispensed for every 70 high-dose opioid prescriptions. As a healthcare professional, you play a critical role in ensuring patients receive naloxone. (CDC)
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Initiating Buprenorphine Treatment in the Emergency Department
National Institute on Drug Abuse
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Findhelpnowky.org
Enables patients and family members to find information about available substance use disorder treatment options in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder
Assess OUD, opioid withdrawal, and treatment readiness for ED-initiated buprenorphine
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Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS)
Quantifies severity of opiate withdrawal
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