Harm Reduction For Opioids
Masooma Masroor | |
January 28, 2022 |
Harm reduction is a term used to describe Public Health approaches that are designed to minimize negative consequences. Relating to misusing substances, quitting alcohol and drugs. This includes the range of policies, practices, and programs proven to reduce harm. That may be associated with substance use. These include safe consumption sites, needle exchanges, opioid substitution programs, edu...
Difference between CPR v/s Rescue breathing & how to perform it?
| Masooma Masroor |
January 20, 2022 |
CPR and Rescue breathing are the two techniques. Which is used to combat a person's life having a cardiac attack or breathing problem. They both play their part differently in the victim's body who is suffering from cardiac arrest. What is CPR : Basically, CPR stands for Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. It is a lifesaving method that is valuable in numerous crises. for example, a cardiac f...
What is Fentanyl? Mental & Physical Effects of it
| Masooma Masroor |
January 5, 2022 |
Initially, Fentanyl was a labeled and unaware toxin. It was first developed in 1959 and was largely used as a medical sedative and pain reliever without the negative effect of nausea. It has a 100-fold higher toxicity than morphine and a 50-fold higher toxicity than heroin. What is Fentanyl? It is a strong synthetic opioid that is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine. It is a prescri...