Assessment of a County-Wide, Pan-First Responder Take-Home Naloxone Program in Denver, Colorado
A pan-first-responder leave-behind naloxone program is feasible at the county level, with most kits distributed by paramedics and a mobile crisis unit program. Hotspot analysis highlighted transit-adjacent clusters, informing potential sites for prestationed naloxone. Cross-agency collaboration combined with geospatial targeting may rapidly saturate high-risk settings with naloxone.
Authors
- James Neuenschwander
- Mario Andres Camacho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1751-5231)
- Alexandra Mannerings
- Donald Stader
- Katelynn Petrasic
- Joshua Jacoves
- Scott G. Weiner
- Ansley Mason
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Denver Health Medical Center (US)
- Electric Propulsion Laboratory (United States) (US)
- HealthONE (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
- University of Colorado Denver (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open
- Published
- 2026-03-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acepjo.2026.100357
- Primary Topic
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00