Posted by Elizabeth on August 31, 2001, at 15:28:28
In reply to Re: in case of an accident... » v, posted by paxvox on August 30, 2001, at 11:44:25
> I agree with other post about keeping a card, though I don't. I don't think even an ALS EMT would give you any meds except morphine or Ativan, and those only if you are in serious hurts.
They gave me Narcan and Ativan. I'm not sure what else they keep handy -- probably epinephrine, at least. (Narcan could do very nasty things to anyone on chronic opioids, BTW.)
> Most ERs will do a blood chem on you.
...but not necessarily a quantitative one. (I tested + for benzos because I'd been taking Klonopin regularly, duh.)
> The only real negative would be if they thought your were on a benzo overdose and gave you the antedote for that (however, all existing literature I have seen clearly warns about possible seizure risks if that is done).
I was lucky enough not to get the flumazenil challenge. Which was odd, seeing as they'd fixated on this idea that I'd OD'ed on benzos.
> However, I would think that since at least 70-90 million Americans are on SOME sort of med, that the ERs have become savy on dealing with those issues.
You'd think that, wouldn't you.
-elizabeth
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