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Case: Opioid overdose
A 25-year-old man arrives by ambulance to your ED following a suspected overdose. He wasfound at home, unconscious, with pinpoint pupils and shallow respiration. Paramedics treated him with 400mcg naloxone IM injection with good response. En route to your tertiary ED, he became drowsy again. His current observations are :
- GCS 11
- RR 8 breaths per minute
- BP 140/70
- Sats 94% RA
