tailieunhanh - báo cáo khoa học: " Can we prevent drug related deaths by training opioid users to recognise and manage overdoses?"

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Can we prevent drug related deaths by training opioid users to recognise and manage overdoses? | Harm Reduction Journal BioMed Central Open Access Can we prevent drug related deaths by training opioid users to recognise and manage overdoses Romina Lopez Gaston 1 David Best2 Victoria Manning3 and Ed Day1 Address Department of Psychiatry University of Birmingham The Barberry Vincent Drive Birmingham B15 2FG UK 2Centre for Criminal Justice and Policing University of the West of Scotland Hamilton Campus Almada Building Almada Street Hamilton Lanarkshire ML3 0JB UK and 3National Addiction Centre Institute of Psychiatry 1-4 Windsor Walk Denmark Hill London SE5 8AF UK Email Romina Lopez Gaston - logaston1@ David Victoria Manning - Ed Day - Corresponding author Published 25 September 2009 Received 23 October 2008 Accepted 25 September 2009 Harm Reduction Journal 2009 6 26 doi 1477-7517-6-26 This article is available from http content 6 1 26 2009 Gaston et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Naloxone has been evidenced widely as a means of reducing mortality resulting from opiate overdose yet its distribution to drug users remains limited. However it is drug users who are most likely to be available to administer naloxone at the scene and who have been shown to be willing and motivated to deliver this intervention. The current study builds on a national training evaluation in England by assessing 6-month outcome data collected primarily in one of the participating centres. Methods Seventy patients with opioid dependence syndrome were trained in the recognition and management of overdoses in Birmingham n 66 and London n 4 and followed up six months after receiving .