Misc.
What is your pharmacy? What are community health centers? What are needle exchanges? Etc.
Using this substance and opiates simultaneously significantly increases the risk of CNS depression
What is alcohol?
The color you might expect to see see someone turn if they are overdosing
What is blue? (Cyanosis)
When you find someone unconscious, this is what you should do first
What is sternal rub? What is look for breathing?
This law protects you from minor drug possession charges of present when an overdose occurs
What is the Good Samaritan Law?
What are sedative-hypnotics? (Ambien, Lunesta, etc.)
Immediately after you’ve identified someone is overdosing, this is what you’ll do next
What is call 9-1-1?
If you were to administer Narcan, this is likely how you’d administer it
What is nasally?
These situations may cause a person to be at an increased risk for overdose
What is decreased tolerance? What are medical complications? What is history of overdoses? Etc.
These drugs are highly addictive, prescribed by many doctors, and on the street may also be mixed with fentanyl
What are benzodiazepines?
When a person stops doing this, you may be concerned they are overdosing
What is breathing?
After giving a dose of Narcan, you’ll want to do this next
What is rescue breathing? (1 breath per 5 seconds)
This is the length of time Narcan is effective for
What is 30-90 minutes?
People may go to receive this medication every day
What is Methadone?
If you see someone who has used drugs with these kind of pupils, they may be overdosing
What are pinpoint pupils?
While waiting for help, you should avoid doing this
What is leave the person alone?
If a person is using fentanyl, you should expect to administer this many Narcan if they are overdosing
What is more that 1? What is multiple doses?
This drug is increasingly being found to be laced with fentanyl
What is cocaine?
If a person starts breathing, this is the position you should place them in, for this reason
What is recovery position/on their side? What is to prevent choking on their vomit/aspiration pneumonia