Updated advice to be given by Triple Zero call-takers is being developed
In May 2012, Australia’s first take-home naloxone program for opioid overdose prevention commenced in the Australian Capital Territory1; it was soon followed by programs in other jurisdictions. Current Australian naloxone training programs cover calling an ambulance, administering naloxone and giving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Some training programs are as short as 10 minutes, and others are as long as 2 hours, so capacity to present practical emergency management scenarios, including calls to emergency services, varies.
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We thank the members of the NNRG who contributed to this article. The NNRG is run under the auspices of the Centre for Research Excellence into Injecting Drug Use (National Health and Medical Research Council [NHMRC] grant number 1001144). This work was supported by the Victorian Operational Infrastructure Support Program, which provides funding to the Burnet Institute. Kate Cantwell was funded by an NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship and Paul Dietze is funded by an NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship.
Ingrid van Beek is involved in the delivery of a take-home naloxone program. Paul Dietze has been the recipient of an untied educational grant from Reckitt Benckiser.