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Opioid toxicity

Educational use only. Not clinically reviewed

35-year-old man for Emergency ventilatory support, antagonist intent, and recurrence surveillance. About 9 simulated minutes.

What you will practise

  • Recognize suspected opioid toxicity from depressed responsiveness and ventilation while confirming a pulse and reviewing immediate mimics.
  • Activate help and record airway opening, oxygen, effective bag-mask ventilation, monitoring, access, and glucose review immediately.
  • Record local-protocol naloxone intent while continuing ventilation, targeting normal spontaneous breathing.
  • Review the fixed initial breathing, oxygenation, carbon-dioxide, responsiveness, and pulse response.
  • Recognize recurrent respiratory depression and record renewed ventilation, repeat-antagonist intent, monitored observation, co-exposure review, and discharge-safety planning.

Review and sources

Not clinically reviewed. No clinician has signed this scenario.

  • American Heart Association. 2025 Guidelines for CPR and ECC, Part 10: Adult and Pediatric Special Circumstances of Resuscitation.
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Overdose Prevention and Response Toolkit. Publication PEP23-03-00-001. 2025.

Every scenario in this module

Open Sim Lab is an educational simulator, not for clinical use. It is not a clinical decision-support tool, not a dosing calculator, and is not validated for any decision affecting a real patient.