Pre-hospital treatment of acute poisonings in Oslo

Abstract

Background: Poisoned patients are often treated in and discharged from pre-hospital health care settings. Studies of poisonings should therefore not only include hospitalized patients. Aims: To describe the acutely poisoned patients treated by ambulance personnel and in an outpatient clinic; compare patients transferred to a higher treatment level with those discharged without transfer; and study the one-week mortality after pre-hospital discharge.

Risk factors for 48-hours mortality after prehospital treatment of opioid overdose

“…In our study the median age for overdose was 34 years, similar to some previous studies 1 10. Most other studies report a younger median age 7 11–17.…”

Exploratory study of factors associated with adverse clinical features in patients presenting with non-fatal drug overdose/self-poisoning to the ambulance service

“…Emergency systems can support safe pre-hospital management and discharge of patients with overdose or poisoning 8. This report briefly describes the clinical features that overdose patients present with and how they are managed in the pre-hospital setting, and provides a basis for future studies which are essential 9…”

Legevaktkontakter på grunn av forgiftning i Norge 2006 – 15

“…Analyses of case histories collected from hospitals were also undertaken (7). In Oslo, prospective studies have also been undertaken by ambulance services, A&E clinics and hospitals (5,8,9). Prospective studies produce data of better quality, but are challenging to undertake, especially on a nationwide basis and over a long time.…”