As the crew starts to wind up this topic, the discussion of the process of opioid withdrawal continues including inducing a more intense, or higher, level of withdrawal to help the patient's recovery progression. The guys discuss the Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (COWS) score, its use and the interpretation of.

KEEPER NOTE: What words should we NOT be using to define these patients with "opiate disease disorder."

Dr. Singer continues to talk to the PPP crew regarding Project DAWN (Deaths Avoided With Naloxone), an Ohio-based network of opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution programs (OENDP) coordinated by the Ohio Department of Health. Should EMS squads add Buprenorphine to the drug box in the long term?

KEEPER NOTE: The Narcan administration is just the beginning of the patient's opportunity to enter a recovery process.

A.J. and Dr. Hill join Scott this month, to chat with Dr. Jordan Singer from the UH EMS Institute. What is long-term addiction care? It's more than just showing up, treating the patient's symptoms, i.e., Narcan, and ending the patient's care once they are resuscitated. The crew digs into the norms and what the future might be including, leaving Narcan behind with family members or the patients.

KEEPER NOTE: If a 20-year-old overdoses once, there is a 1 in 10-20 chance that they will be dead in 1 year.