VA Adding Opioid Antidote To Defibrillator Cabinets For Quicker Overdose Response

The contents of the naloxone kit inside an AED box located in the VA West Roxbury cafeteria.

The overdose antidote naloxone could soon be available in more public places. The Veterans Administration is adding it to its automated defibrillator cabinets. Other institutions are following suit.

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