Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Education

ACEP: https://www.acep.org/by-medical-focus/mental-health-and-substanc-use-disorders/opioids/ 

List of initiatives on what ACEP is doing to education physicians on OUD

ACEP E-QUAL network on opioid initiatives: https://www.acep.org/administration/quality/equal/emergency-quality-network-e-qual/e-qual-opioid-initiative/ 

MAT waiver training: https://pcssnow.org/medications-for-addiction-treatment/

Videos (more geared for general public)

• Heroin(e) - Netflix documentary

• Understanding the Opioid Epidemic (PBS; meant https://www.pbs.org/show/understanding-opioid-epidemic/ 

TED Talks:

• The harm reduction model of drug addiction treatment: https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_tyndall_the_harm_reduction_model_of_drug_addiction_treatment?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare 

How isolation fuels opioid addiction: https://www.ted.com/talks/rachel_wurzman_how_isolation_fuels_opioid_addiction?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

 Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Advocacy

Get Waivered: https://getwaivered.com/

ACEP: Opioid Advocacy Resources: https://www.acep.org/state-advocacy/opioid-advocacy-resources/

National Harm Reduction Coalition: https://harmreduction.org/

Drug Policy Alliance: https://www.drugpolicy.org/

SAMHSA: https://www.samhsa.gov/

ASAM: https://www.asam.org/

CA Bridge: https://www.bridgetotreatment.org/cabridgeprogram 

ED Bridge: https://bridgetotreatment.org 

 Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) Research

Research Articles

• 2000

  • Early discharge of patients with presumed opioid overdose: development of a clinical prediction rule.

• 2015: 

  • Emergency Department-Initiative Buprenorphine/Naloxone Treatment for Opioid Dependence: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2279713

  • Substance abuse and mental health visits among adolescents presenting to US emergency departments.

• 2017:

  • Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine for Opioid Dependence with Continuation in Primary Care: Outcomes During and After Intervention: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-017-3993-2 

• 2018

  •  Substance use and homelessness among emergency department patients. Drug and alcohol dependence.

  • Opioid Overdose Protocols in the Emergency Department: Are We Asking the Right Questions?. 

  • A Quality Framework for Emergency Department Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder.

  • Narcan or Nar-can’t: Tips and Tricks to Safely Reversing Opioid Toxicity.

  • Opportunities for prevention and intervention of opioid overdose in the emergency department.

  • Implementation of an opioid detoxification management pathway reduces emergency department length of stay. 

  • Adoption and Utilization of an Emergency Department Naloxone Distribution and Peer Recovery Coach Consultation Program

  • Hospital Observation Upon Reversal (HOUR) With Naloxone: A Prospective Clinical Prediction Rule Validation Study.

• 2019:

  • Emergency Medicine Research Priorities for Early Intervention for Substance Use Disorders: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6404722/ 

  • One-Year Mortality of Patients After Emergency Department Treatment for Nonfatal Opioid Overdose: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31229387/ 

  • Get-Waivered: A Resident-Driven Campaign to Address the Opioid Overdose Crisis: https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(19)30358-0/fulltext

  • Management of Opioid Use Disorder in the Emergency Department: A White Paper Prepared for the American Academy of Emergency Medicine:  10.1016/j.jemermed.2019.12.034

  •  Managing Opioid Withdrawal in the Emergency Department With Buprenorphine

  •  Safety of a Brief Emergency Department Observation Protocol for Patients With Presumed Fentanyl Overdose

• 2020:

  • Emergency Department Clinicians’ Attitudes Toward Opioid Use Disorder and Emergency Department-initiated Buprenorphine Treatment: A Mixed-Methods Study: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2ww85533 

  • Barriers and Facilitators to Clinician Readiness to Provide Emergency Department-Initiated Buprenorphine: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2765704 

  • The Adverse Impact of Covid-19 on Individuals with OUD Highlights the Urgent Need for Reform to Leverage Emergency Department-Based Treatment: https://catalyst.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/CAT.20.0190 

  • The Opioid Epidemic During the COVID-19 Pandemic: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2770985 

  • 189 Get Waivered Remote: A Nationwide, Remote, and Interactive Educational Conference Designed in Response to COVID-19: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7598433/ 

  • Beyond Buprenorphine: Models of Follow-up Care for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder in the ED: https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.2020.7.46079  

Interviews & Features

Interview with Dr. Stephen Delisi of The Hazelden Betty Ford Center

Zooming to an X-waiver: A silver lining of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Twitter

People To Follow (no particular order)

• Alister Martin, MD @AlisterFMartin

• Laura Kehoe, MD @drlaurakehoe

• Sarah Wakeman, MD @DrSarahWakeman

• Gail D'Onofrio, MD, @DonofrioGail

• Scott Weiner, MD @ScottWeinerMD

• Andrew Herring, MD @andrewherringmd

• Liz Samuels, MD @LizSamuels

• Lucinda Lai, MD @LucindaLaiMD

• Alexis LaPierta, DO @DrAlexisLa

• Reuben Strayer, MD @emupdates

• Kathryn Hawk, MD, @kathryn_hawk

• Ayana Jordan, MD, @DrAyanaJordan

• Ryan Marino, MD, @RyanMarino

• Sarah Axelrath, MD, @dr_saxelrath

• Kim Sue, MD @DrKimSue

• Rick Pescatore, DO @Rick_Pescatore