You are working a busy ED shift, when the paramedics bring in a 20-year old male with decreased level of awareness (LOA). When you go in to assess him, he is pulseless. You initiate CPR. You have no history other than he was found on the ground in his home this morning. How would you dose naloxone in the setting of presumed cardiac arrest associated with possible opioid overdose?

About the Author: Anton Helman

Dr. Anton Helman is an Emergency Physician at North York General in Toronto. He is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto, Division of Emergency Medicine and the Education Innovation Lead at the Schwartz-Reisman Emergency Medicine Instititute. He is the founder, editor-in-chief and host of Emergency Medicine Cases.