Emergency Departments

The purpose of this document is to introduce the principles and practices of trauma-informed care (TIC) to substance use navigators. TIC is a helpful way to understand and connect with patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) and can help improve the experiences and outcomes of care for both patients and the team members providing care to them.

This web page includes workplace first aid training courses from the NSC, which includes training on naloxone administration.

This chart includes workplace data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on unintentional overdose deaths involving the nonmedical use of drugs or alcohol from 2011-2021.

This overview of opioids from the NSC includes information on opioid misuse, recognizing signs of an overdose, prescription painkillers and chronic pain, and more.

SUDORS provides comprehensive data on unintentional and undetermined intent drug overdose deaths collected from death certificates and medical examiner/coroner reports.

This report from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) focuses on estimates and characteristics of non-fatal overdoses for emergency department visits from January, 2021–June, 2022.

This report provides national estimates from the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN) for 2022 data on drug-related emergency department visits, to inform programs to aid in preventing overdose and substance use-related health consequences.

HCUP Fast Stats provides easy access to the latest HCUP-based statistics for health care information topics. It uses visual statistical displays in stand-alone graphs, trend figures, or simple tables to convey complex information at a glance. Fast Stats is updated regularly for timely, topic-specific national and State-level statistics.

Study exploring implementation of a protocol in the emergency department where patients who were discharged with alcohol use disorder received naltrexone and support for substance use

This Guide provides concrete strategies and actions for hospitals and health systems seeking to implement, strengthen and sustain telebehavioral health programs.