The CARE Overdose Response Team in Chicago: A Multidisciplinary Out-of-Hospital Post-Opioid Overdose Intervention
The CARE ORT model proved successful in engaging predominantly older, non-Hispanic Black men in post-overdose outreach who were stably housed. While the number of individuals reached compared to the total eligible individuals was low, the program successfully navigated multiple barriers of limited EMS referral information, limited accuracy of data management, and urban realities of public overdose locations to reach a marginalized patient population with a high risk of mortality.
Authors
- M A Weston
- Miao Jenny Hua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8845-1185)
- David Kwon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2673-3758)
- Katie Tataris
- Antonio D. Jimenez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1080-397X)
- S. G. N. Richardson
- Dora Khoury
- Lauretta E. Omale
- Jonathan Zaentz
Institutions
- New York City Fire Department (US)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
- Chicago Department of Public Health (US)
- University of Illinois Chicago (US)
- University of Chicago (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Prehospital Emergency Care
- Published
- 2024-12-12
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2024.2441485
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.63