Have you experienced aggression from patients after administering naloxone?

Recently, a passenger on a Delta flight died from an apparent overdose, sparking widespread media attention, with coverage attributing the death to a lack of naloxone on board. The coverage of this incident prompted dramatic and polarized responses across social media about naloxone administration.

In an EMS1 exclusive, Emergency Medicine Physicians Ryan Marino, MD; and Jeremiah Escajeda, MD, discussed the lack of evidence supporting the prevalence of naloxone-induced aggression and assault, and argued, “when titrated to restoration of breathing, rather than given punitively, naloxone is overwhelmingly unlikely to cause any adverse reactions at all.”

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