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Optimization of Linkage between North Carolina EMS and ED Data: EMS Naloxone Cases
Content Type: Abstract
The opioid overdose crisis has rapidly expanded in North Carolina (NC), paralleling the epidemic across the United States. The number of opioid overdose deaths in NC has increased by nearly 40% each year since 2015.1 Critical to preventing overdose… read more… with naloxone administration to the corresponding ED visit assists in understanding the health outcomes of these … administration in 2017 were successfully linked to an ED visit record. This study explored methods to improve EMS and … with naloxone administration to the corresponding ED visit assists in understanding the health outcomes of these …