Feasibility and Safety of a Paramedic-Directed Prehospital Buprenorphine Initiation Protocol for Acute Opioid Withdrawal
In a single prehospital system, the use of buprenorphine appears to be a feasible and safe strategy for treating patients experiencing acute opioid withdrawal.
Authors
- Aaron E. Robinson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9587-2973)
- Holly M. Drone
- Brian E. Driver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7141-0256)
- Michael A. Puskarich (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6358-4670)
- Michael C. Perlmutter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9710-1523)
- Jon B. Cole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7714-8826)
- María Ángeles García Martín
- Alec J. Bunting
- Alexander M. Schin
- Nicholas S. Simpson
- Timothy M. Kummer
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Prehospital Emergency Care
- Published
- 2024-11-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2024.2422897
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17