What does the ER do to treat people who are overdosing on cocaine?

Question

What does the ER do to treat people who are overdosing on cocaine?

Answer 1

Probably send them to jail...haha jk... after that they would but they would probably treat you first.

Answer 2

Usually they toe-tag them and send them to the morgue. that stuff can stop your heart.

Cocaine overdose can present as a heart attack with chest pain. This is thought to result from "spasm" of the coronary arteries that feed the heart muscle or from insufficient supply of blood flow to meet the needs of the stimulated heart muscle. Unfortunately, sudden death may also be the initial presentation to the emergency room; this is due to a lethal heart rhythm precipitated by cocaine consumption.

Stroke, seizures, fever, infection, kidney failure, liver hepatitis, pneumonia, thrombophlebitis (clotting of the veins), and HIV are other potential complications of cocaine use and cocaine overdose.

Cocaine overdose is treated as a medical emergency. Sedation with agents such as diazepam (Valium) is recommended for the agitation, irritability, seizures, and hyperexcitable state. This also helps control the rapid heart rate and elevated blood pressure. If the body temperature is elevated, this is brought down with cold water, fans, cooling blankets, and acetaminophen (Tylenol). Specific therapies are geared to the specific complaint or system involved. For example, if the cocaine overdose has led to a true heart attack, clot-dissolving medications called thrombolytic drugs may be used. Further testing with a cardiac catheterization (a test that places a long catheter in the leg artery to take pictures of the heart's arteries to see if they are blocked) may be done. If this test shows a blocked vessel, a balloon angioplasty (a procedure using a small balloon to open up the blocked artery) may also be done. Treatment depends on the presenting complaint and organ system involved.

Answer 3

A user should visit the ER and watch what has to be done to an OD patient.  You may change your mind next time.