You attend a 50-year-old male found unresponsive at home surrounded by empty blister packs of an unknown medication. His respiratory rate is 6, pupils...

Question

You attend a 50-year-old male found unresponsive at home surrounded by empty blister packs of an unknown medication. His respiratory rate is 6, pupils are pinpoint bilaterally, and SpO2 is 78% on air. After establishing an airway and commencing bag-valve-mask ventilation, what is the most appropriate pharmacological intervention?

Accepted Answer

Naloxone 400 micrograms IV, repeated as necessary

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Flumazenil 200 micrograms IV

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Glucagon 1 mg IV

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Activated charcoal 50 g via nasogastric tube

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N-acetylcysteine IV infusion

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