Paramedic-initiated opioid agonist therapy: thinking beyond the first dose

David Jerome^{1

2

3

4}, Sabrina Slade⁵, Sean W Moore^{6

7}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. david.jerome@ubc.ca.
² Division of Clinical Sciences, NOSM University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada. david.jerome@ubc.ca.
³ Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. david.jerome@ubc.ca.
⁴ , 311 Columbia St, Kamloops, BC, V2C 2T1, Canada. david.jerome@ubc.ca.
⁵ Department of Family Medicine, NOSM University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
⁶ Emergency Medicine, NOSM University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
⁷ Ornge Transport, Mississauga, ON, Canada.

Editorial

David Jerome et al. CJEM. 2025 Aug.

. 2025 Aug;27(8):575-577.

doi: 10.1007/s43678-025-00960-z.

David Jerome^{1

2

3

4}, Sabrina Slade⁵, Sean W Moore^{6

7}

¹ Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. david.jerome@ubc.ca.
² Division of Clinical Sciences, NOSM University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada. david.jerome@ubc.ca.
³ Department of Family Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. david.jerome@ubc.ca.
⁴ , 311 Columbia St, Kamloops, BC, V2C 2T1, Canada. david.jerome@ubc.ca.
⁵ Department of Family Medicine, NOSM University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
⁶ Emergency Medicine, NOSM University, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada.
⁷ Ornge Transport, Mississauga, ON, Canada.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Declaration. Conflict of interest: The lead author reports on behalf of all the authors that the authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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