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Code Blue

Code Blue. Drug overdose. Arun Prasad Alagarsamy Mukhar Gupta Saurabh Sharma Shivangi Shroff. Problem Statement. FIGHTING THE OPIOID CRISIS. In 2014, there were approximately one and a half times more drug overdose deaths than deaths from motor cycle crashes in the United States.

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Code Blue

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  1. Code Blue Drug overdose Arun Prasad Alagarsamy Mukhar Gupta Saurabh Sharma Shivangi Shroff

  2. Problem Statement FIGHTING THE OPIOID CRISIS In 2014, there were approximately one and a half times more drug overdose deaths than deaths from motor cycle crashes in the United States

  3. What is Drug Overdose • Drug overdoses occur when a person takes more than the medically recommended dose • It can be either accidental or intentional

  4. What are Opioids • Opioids are prescribed to treat acute pain • With prolonged use, pain-relieving effects lessen and pain can become worse. In addition, the body can develop dependence • Opioid dependence causes withdrawal symptoms, which makes it difficult to stop taking them • Addiction occurs when dependence interferes with daily life

  5. Differentiating between Overdosed and High

  6. Source: Morbidity and Morality weekly report 60(43):1489, 2011

  7. Steps to be taken

  8. Our Solution Attack the root-cause

  9. Focusing on prevention of drug abuse • Doctor can access patient medical history using the patient's Insurance ID or unique patient ID • Based on medical history, current conditions and his own judgement, the doctor prescribes a drug • A backend check is performed as soon as the drug is entered. • If opioid based drug is prescribed by the doctor, a pop-up with the non opioid alternative is displayed. • If the doctor wants to prescribe opioid medication under certain circumstances then he needs to enter an exception.

  10. Preventing over the counter abuse • The pharmacy can access the patient details with the help of Insurance ID or unique patient ID • After logging in, the pharmacy can access an QR code • On scanning the QR code, the details of the prescribed drug is read • On dispensing the drug to the patient, the QR code becomes inactive

  11. Future Scope • If the patient does not have any previous history of opioid prescribed medicine, a 7 day alternative non opioid medicine to be given and see if it works out • This application will support and monitor prescription of narcotic drugs and other pain relief drugs

  12. Estimate of Costs

  13. References • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_overdose • http://www.slideshare.net/vrhrc/revive-opioid-overdose-and-naloxone-education/8 • http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/addiction/drug-overdose • http://deserthopetreatment.com/drug-overdose/ • http://recoverysociety.org/tag/drug-overdose/ • http://www.asam.org/docs/default-source/advocacy/opioid-addiction-disease-facts-figures.pdf • http://www.emedicinehealth.com/drug_overdose/page3_em.htm#drug_overdose_symptoms

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