Citation

Smiley-McDonald HM, Attaway PR, Richardson NJ, Davidson PJ, Kral AH. Health Justice 2022; 10(1): e9.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1186/s40352-022-00172-y

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Many law enforcement agencies across the United States equip their officers with the life-saving drug naloxone to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Although officers can be effectively trained to administer naloxone, and hundreds of law enforcement agencies carry naloxone to reverse overdoses, little is known about what happens on scene during an overdose call for service from an officer's perspective, including what officers perceive their duties and responsibilities to be as the incident evolves.

Language: en

Keywords

Law enforcement; Naloxone; On scene overdose response; Overdose; Police