After Overdose, Build the Warm Handoff
Build a post-overdose plan that combines immediate safety, medication linkage, and client choice.
ED discharge clock Sam is alert after naloxone and says he wants to leave. He is not ready for a long counseling session, but he is still in a reachable moment. The plan must reduce immediate overdose risk and create the next treatment connection before the door closes. Harm reduction plus shared decision-making Safety now, options next, handoff before exit The counselor's job is to make the next safe action easier than disappearing. Resource list Here are clinics you can call. The next step exists outside the client's willpower. Lower friction when risk is high. 01 Safety 02 Options 03…
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