Opioid Overdose Management and Discharge Criteria


Patients with presumed opioid overdose were safely discharged one hour after naloxone administration if they had:


1) Their baseline gait


2) Oxygen saturation on room air of >92%


3) Respiratory rate >10 breaths/min and <20 breaths/min


4) Temperature of >35.0 degrees C and <37.5 degrees C


5) Heart rate >50 beats/min and <100 beats/min


6) GCS = 15.


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