MedPage Today March 29, 2025
— Failing to offer this care is a discouraging and dangerous missed opportunity
Two people are wheeled into a hospital at the same time: one for a heart attack and one for an opioid overdose. You might expect that both individuals will be offered standard of care treatment for their respective conditions — but unfortunately that is not the case.
The person with the heart attack will likely be met by a specialty cardiology team who will employ best practice medical evidence to treat the heart attack within 90 minutes.
Meanwhile, the person with the opioid overdose will most likely neither receive standard-of-care treatment for their addiction, nor be evaluated...
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