La formation de deux jours inclus la RCR, la reconnaissance d'une intoxication aux opiac�s, et l'administration de naloxone Intra-Nasal avec le MAD (genre de spray type Flonase).
Salutations
St�phan Gascon
Phase s�che: p�riode o� un param�dic qu�b�cois re�oit et r�ussi une formation, mais n'est pas autoris� � administrer les m�dicaments en fonction des protocoles �tablis � cet effet.
MAD: Mucosal Atomizer Device
CPR: R�animation Cardio-Respiratoire
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:42:24 +0000
Subject: Officers Trained to Administer Naloxone
New Mexico: The New Mexico State Police and New Mexico Department of Health recently completed a joint program to train New Mexico State Police officers in administering naloxone (more commonly known as Narcan) to drug overdose victims. The 2-day training program, which occurred on August 19 and 20, trained over 70 officers stationed in Santa Fe and Rio Arriba Counties. The training consisted of recognizing narcotic/opiate overdoses, performing CPR, and administering nasal naloxone. After completing the training, the officers were authorized to carry nasal naloxone while on patrol and are qualified to administer the drug through the use of a Mucosal Atomizer Device (MAD). A MAD is a single-use, disposable device that fits on a standard syringe. The MAD allows officers to deliver naloxone through a patient's nasal passages without intramuscular or intravenous injection. Naloxone is an opioid antagonist that reverses respiratory depression that often occurs when an individual overdoses on an opiate such as heroin, morphine, OxyContin, Vicodin, or Percocet. Typically, it enables patients to begin normal breathing within minutes. New Mexico State Police officials state that the rescue breathing portion of the CPR instruction is a very important part of the training program because it enables the officers to help the patients breathe until the naloxone can take effect.
NDIC Comment: The New Mexico State Police is one of only a few law enforcement agencies in the nation that has authorized its officers to administer naloxone to overdose patients even if the officers are not certified emergency medical services (EMS) personnel. The program was initiated because of the high rate of heroin-related overdose deaths in the state, particularly in the northern counties of Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, and Taos. According to the New Mexico Department of Health Office of Epidemiology, New Mexico's per capita drug death rate in 2002 was 15.6 per 100,000 persons--one of the highest in the nation. To combat opioid overdoses and to allow non-EMS trained law enforcement officer to legally administer naloxone, the New Mexico state government passed regulations permitting officers to administer opioid antagonists if the officer, in good faith, believes that a patient is experiencing an opioid drug overdose, and the officer acts with reasonable care in administering the drug.
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