A member of the Committee on Trauma and Emergency Preparedness (COTEP), Bonnie Milas, MD, discussed the REVIVEme initiative, dedicated to preventing opioid overdose with naloxone, at the 2022 meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Physicians are encouraged to join the initiative to reduce opioid and drug related mortality. Resource materials for the public and physician use are provided here for free.
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Narcan is dangerous and should be avoided whenever possible. When used as an antidote for narcotics, it can precipitate acute, life-threatening pulmonary edema, especially in the presence of injury or surgery, where narcotics beneficially inhibit harmful nociception. A far better alternative is Carbogen, which is a mixture of carbon dioxide and oxygen in a pressurized tank. It is exceedingly simple to administer via mask, and is a safe, simple, and reliable treatment for nearly every cardiopulmonary emergency including heart attacks, asthma, atelectasis, pneumonia, strokes, drug overdose, drowning, smoke inhalation, alcohol inebriation, and newborn babies with breathing problems. It should be standard equipment in all medical facilities, on fire trucks and police cars, anywhere cardiopulmonary arrest is likely, and wherever fire extinguishers are located. Its utility was widely embraced in the 1930’s until Dr. Ralph Waters, the infamous founder of the anesthesiology profession, scurrilously described carbon dioxide as “toxic waste, like urine” that must be “rid from the body” using mechanical hyperventilation. His hysterical and lurid distortions of medical facts and circumstances literally frightened carbon dioxide from use and derailed medical progress. Read my free paper called “Four Forgotten Giants of Anesthesia History” that can be downloaded free of charge from its publisher on the Internet or via my website www.stressmechanism.com.