Characteristics of non‐fatal opioid overdoses attended by ambulance services in Australia

• Main Authors: Paul Dietze (Author), Damien Jolley (Author), Stefan Cvetkovski (Author), Kate Cantwell (Author), Ian Jacobs (Author), Devon Indig (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2004-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective: To examine the feasibility of establishing a database on non‐fatal opioid overdose in order to examine patterns and characteristics of these overdoses across Australia. Methods: Unit record data on opioid overdose attended by ambulances were obtained from ambulance services in th...