Overdose-Related Cardiac Arrests Observed by Emergency Medical Services During the US COVID-19 Epidemic

Joseph Friedman; Leo Beletsky; David L Schriger

doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.4218

Overdose-Related Cardiac Arrests Observed by Emergency Medical Services During the US COVID-19 Epidemic

JAMA Psychiatry. 2021 May 1;78(5):562-564. doi: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.4218.

Authors

Joseph Friedman¹, Leo Beletsky², David L Schriger³

Affiliations

¹ Medical Scientist Training Program, University of California, Los Angeles.
² Department of Health Sciences, Health in Justice Action Lab, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles.

Abstract

This cohort study characterizes emergent trends in overdose-related cardiac arrests in the US during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic using a large, national emergency medical services database.

Publication types

Multicenter Study
Observational Study
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
COVID-19 / epidemiology
Drug Overdose / epidemiology*
Drug Overdose / prevention & control
Emergency Medical Services / statistics & numerical data*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / epidemiology*
Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest / etiology
Pandemics
Physical Distancing
Registries
Retrospective Studies
SARS-CoV-2
United States / epidemiology
Young Adult

Grants and funding

T32 GM008042/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States