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Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
Buprenorphine, the Opioid Epidemic, and the Emergency Provider
Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
Wednesday Oct 16, 2019
Check out our post on the Down East EM blog for shownotes, references, and more.
The reality of America’s opioid addiction and overdose problem has reached the lay press. As overdose deaths begin to outpace car accidents as the #1 cause of accidental deaths, the Opioid Crisis has people’s attention.
How we deal with this epidemic in the Emergency Department has been a topic of hot debate, both in publication and in the Free Open Access Medical Education (FOAM) world.
To dive into these topics, we sat down with Dr. Ken Starr, an Emergency and Addiction medicine specialist, to review buprenorphine.
Author: Jason Hine MD and Ken Starr MD
Peer Review: Jeff Holmes MD
Version: 20240731