Attached is information that the HVREMS put out last Friday;
forwarded to them by the Susquehanna Regional office. I did a quick look online
and this does not seem to be a new issue, but it may be new to our area.
Naloxone would still be effective in reversing the Opioid, but the patient may remain in respiratory depression / arrest from the Xylazine. Management for this would be to support ventilations. There is a higher incident of cardiac arrest due to Xylazine negative chronotropic effect and a decrease in cardiac contractility. If anyone has any experience with managing this type of patient please let me know.
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Link to article
Thanks,
Frank
