The BC Weekly Overdose Report provides updates on:
- Illegal drug overdoses attended by paramedics (BCEHS)
- Illicit drug toxicity deaths (BCCS defined)
- Mortality rate maps by Health Services Delivery Area (HSDA)
- Severity of ingestion poisoning calls coded in most severe category at time of ambulance dispatch (provincial view)
- Severity of overdose patient presentation assessed by paramedics using the Glasgow Coma Scale (health authority pages)
- Proportion of overdose patients transported to hospital
Weekly Overdose dashboard placemat February 21 – 27, 2021
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See the Overdose Response Indicators recorded by the BC Centre for Disease Control
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