An EMS team comes upon a young woman experiencing an opioid overdose. They are likely to provide which intervention?
A) Transport her to detox
B) Administer naloxone
C) Contact her provider to address opioid prescribing
D) Administer methadone

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According to CDC Principal Deputy Director Anne Schuchat, MD, "all branches of the federal government are working together to reduce the availability of illicit drugs, prevent deaths from overdoses, treat people with substance-use disorders, and prevent people from starting using drugs in the first place" (CDC, 2018b, para. 4). Reducing the availability of opioids, as mentioned above, has largely been accomplished by educating providers to modify prescribing practices. Preventing deaths from opioid overdose has been addressed via widespread generic naloxone distribution. Naloxone (brand name Narcan) is an opioid antagonist that can prevent death from overdose by counteracting the central nervous system and respiratory system depression resulting from excessive opioid use (CDC, 2018b).

An EMS Team Comes Upon a Young Woman Experiencing an Opioid