Opioid Overdose Information
Overdose Risks:
- Not using for a while
- Using alone
- Mixing drugs
- If you have overdosed before
Overdose Prevention:
- Don’t use alone
- Access treatment
- Try not to mix drugs
Overdose Emergency Response:
- See someone turning blue, not breathing or unresponsive to your voice or touch;
- Give sternal rub (rub knuckles on their breastbone);
- If no response call 9-1-1;
- “Someone with me isn’t breathing, it may be an overdose.”;
- Start rescue breathing – tilt head back, pinch nose, open mouth and gently breathe in their mouth 1 time every 5 seconds;
- Give 1st dose of Narcan;
- Keep breathing and wait for first responders;
- If no response after 2-3 minutes administer the second dose of Narcan and continue rescue breathing;
How to Give Nasal Spray Narcan:
- Pull or pry off yellow caps;
- Pry off red cap;
- Grip clear plastic wings;
- Gently screw capsule of naloxone into barrel of syringe;
- Insert white cone into nostril;
- Give a short, vigorous push on end of capsule to spray naloxone into nose;
- One half of the capsule into each nostril;
- If no reaction in 2 - 5 minutes, give the second dose.