Safer Drug Use
Sterile cooker, sterile water, filter and alcohol swab
What are safe injection supplies?
A substance that temporarily reverses the effects of opioids in the central nervous system.
What is Naloxone?
Ice, Tina, crank, shards
What is Crystal Meth?
blue lips and fingernails, deep snoring or gurgling sounds, cold and pail skin
What are signs of an opioid poisoning?
Suboxone, methadone, and slow release oral morphine.
What are treatment options that prevent withdrawal symptoms and cravings for opioids?
These are used to provide pressure to increase blood flow to a preferred vein.
What is a torniquet?
Prolonged sedation
What cannot be reversed by naloxone?
LSD, PCP, ketamine, magic mushrooms.
What are hallucinogens?
A person is breathing normally but is unresponsive and cannot be woken up for an extending amount of time after taking substances.
What is prolonged sedation?
Yellow biohazard containers
What are sharps collectors?
bowl pipes, tube glass, push sticks, foil, and straws
What are safer inhalation supplies?
have a buddy, start low go slow, carry naloxone
What is an overdose plan?
Benzodiazepines and Xylazine
What are types of non-opioid sedatives?
racing heart rate, slurred speech, confusion, shaking
What are signs of overamping?
Build respectful and trusting relationships, advocating for systemic change.
What are strategies to reduce stigma?
Safer injection and and safe inhalation practices
This gives the body life-saving oxygen to prevent brain injury.
What are rescue breathes?
Subcutaneous (SC) injections and intramuscular injections
What is in a hormone supply kit?
hand tremors, sweating, vomiting, and seizures
What are signs of alcohol withdrawal?
Safe injection and safe inhalation practices
What are strategies to prevent Hep C and HIV?
This 'method' is safer to use with prescribed tablets and capsules-dissolve dose with a few drops of sterile water in a sterile cooker. It can take 30 seconds to a few minutes.
What is the cold method?
Stimulate, Airway, Ventilate, Evaluate, Medication, Evaluate.
What are the SAVE ME steps to responding to an opioid poisoning?
Sleep deprivation, dehydration, malnourishment, mental health status, and recent drug poisoning.
What can change the bodies tolerance to opioids?
numbness, tingling, patches of skin in shades of red, white, gray, blue, and purple, blistering after warming.
What are signs of frostbite?
A complex depressant illness characterized by compulsive use, even when a person wants to stop.
What is opioid use disorder?