Accidental drug poisoning has tripled in Sweden since the start of the 21st century, and statistically the country has had one of the highest overdose death rates in Europe. To reverse an opioid overdose, which is the main cause of drug related death, the antidote naloxone has the capacity of breaking the effect, and it is widely recommended as a safe drug with limited side effects. Police forces around the world have started to use naloxone and there is proven connection between its introduction and a reduced number of drug related deaths. However, Swedish police has not started to use or, as far as we know, investigate use of naloxone despite proven benefits. Since police sometimes are the first to arrive at the scene of an overdose, naloxone in a police context is important to study. This survey had its origin in the Theory of Planned Behavior, in accordance with the research instruments Opioid Overdose Knowledge Scale (OOKS), Opioid Overdose Attitude Scale (OOAS) and Naloxone-Related Risk Compensation Beliefs (NaRRC-B). This quantitative study had the purpose to measure and create knowledge about Swedish police officers' attitudes towards introducing and administering naloxone in police work, as well as their general knowledge regarding the antidote. The participants agreed that Swedish police officers should be equipped with naloxone to be able to save more lives (mean value = 3,9). The demonstrated benefits significantly outweigh the disadvantages of a possible implementation of naloxone within the Swedish police. Hence, it is essential that the Swedish Police Authority further investigates whether the use of naloxone can be a new working method to save more lives.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:umu-204341 |
| Date | January 2023 |
| Creators | Magnusson, Tobias, Molin, Jens |
| Publisher | Umeå universitet, Enheten för polisutbildning vid Umeå universitet |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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