A client arrives unconscious in the emergency department in respiratory depression from an unknown drug overdose
To help diagnose the overdose, the client is given small doses of naloxone (Narcan). What is the purpose of this action?
1. To help wake up the client to obtain the name of the drug
2. To help diagnosis if the overdose was an opioid drug
3. To prevent vomiting while the client is unconscious
4. To reduce the psychoactive effects of the drug overdose
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: Naloxone is not given to induce consciousness.
Rationale 2: If the drug was opioid in nature, naloxone will quickly reverse the respiratory depression, helping with identification of the drug.
Rationale 3: Naloxone does not prevent nausea or vomiting in any overdose.
Rationale 4: Naloxone does not prevent or reduce the psychoactive effects of any drug.
Global Rationale: If the drug was opioid in nature, naloxone will quickly reverse the respiratory depression, helping with identification of the drug. Naloxone is not given to induce consciousness. Naloxone does not prevent nausea or vomiting in any overdose nor does it prevent or reduce the psychoactive effects of any drug.
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