Emergency Medical Services-Led Outreach Following Opioid-Associated Overdose: Frequency, Modality, and Treatment Linkage
Post-overdose outreach initiated by EMS can successfully find and link individuals to substance use treatment following a non-fatal opioid overdose. However, this intervention may be resource intensive, often requiring multiple attempts at outreach and several modalities of interaction to facilitate treatment linkage.
Authors
- Jonathan R. Powell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3443-0247)
- Janine Curcio
- Henry E. Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4738-0093)
- Alexander Ulintz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8972-7614)
- Jennifer L. Brown (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6683-0053)
- Christopher B. Gage (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5150-0740)
- Ashish R. Panchal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7382-982X)
- Andrew J. Murphy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6747-0355)
- Robert A. Lowe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4732-9634)
- Michael S. Lyons (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4774-1899)
- Soledad Fernández
- Jacob C. Kamholz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3282-7630)
Institutions
- Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
- The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center (US)
- National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (US)
- Columbus Center (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Prehospital Emergency Care
- Published
- 2025-02-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10903127.2025.2462211
- Primary Topic
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00