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Why saving someone who dies later feels meaningless

The woman I gave naloxone to last year overdosed again this week and died and I keep thinking I just delayed the inevitable.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The temporary nature of rescue in chronic conditions forces confrontation with the limits of individual intervention against systemic suffering.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Emergency and first aid — evidence-based?”

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