High in the sky: Iatrogenic in-flight opioid overdose caused by a dangerous emergency medical kit

Travel Med Infect Dis. 2019 Sep-Oct:31:101376. doi: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2019.01.011. Epub 2019 Jan 17.

Authors

Josh J Wang¹, Mark K Su², Rana Biary², Robert S Hoffman²

Affiliations

¹ New York University School of Medicine, Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Toxicology, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: joshwang.md@gmail.com.
² New York University School of Medicine, Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Medical Toxicology, New York, NY, USA.

PMID: 30660555
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2019.01.011

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adult
Aircraft*
Analgesics, Opioid / administration & dosage
Analgesics, Opioid / poisoning
Buprenorphine / administration & dosage
Buprenorphine / poisoning*
Drug Overdose / prevention & control*
Drug Overdose / therapy
Female
First Aid* / standards
Humans

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid
Buprenorphine