Sentences with phrase «drug overdose victims»

«Study arms sheriff's deputies with nasal spray for drug overdose victims.»

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The synthetic opioid fentanyl is so powerful that it could cause accidental overdoses in the very first responders who trying to save its victims, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) warned in new guidelines released Tuesday.

Arming first responders with the anti-overdose drug Naloxone is a positive step to give some overdose victims a second chance, but most will soon relapse again unless the root cause of their addiction is addressed.

Forrest cited the harm caused by drugs, and the testimony of two parents who gave victim impact statements in court about how they had lost their children to Silk Road - related overdoses.

According to the DuPage County Health Department, the program has trained 1,226 officers who used the drug to save 10 overdose victims since January.

Since the drug rapidly puts overdose victims in withdrawal, some will experience symptoms that could include aggression or vomiting, a choking hazard, but officers will be trained on how to respond, McCarthy said.

After receiving several calls from families of overdose victims, and hearing stories of others who were suffering, the drug overdose group started meeting earlier this year.

But because of the high potency of opioid drugs sold and used in Erie County, emergency personnel often find they need to use multiple doses to revive overdose victims.

In countless cases, family members and friends — often other people using drugs — have reported using naloxone to save an overdose victim, and the idea is that if more people have naloxone on hand, more people could be saved.

In response, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have partnered with the San Diego County Sheriff's Department to implement and study a program that requires all deputies carry and be trained to use a life - saving drug in the event of a discovered overdose and then refer victims to a treatment center once they are revived.

Often the victims of traffic accidents, cardiac arrests or drug overdoses, such patients have periods when they are awake, and they may spontaneously open their eyes.

If he is lucky enough to make the trip to the ER, the doctors will give him an IV injection of Narcan (Naloxone), the drug of choice to reverse narcotics overdose, waking the victim and snatching him from the jaws of death.

Philippa, British teacher living Turin, Italy, seen many friends, including husband, fall victim drug overdoses 19.

Whether it's Jan Rader, the first responder on the scene trying to resuscitate an overdose victim, or Judge Patricia Keller presiding over Drug Court, McMillion takes us on the scene in her powerful and extremely haunting documentary short.

One example given in the report is using the fingerprint of an overdose victim to unlock their phone and potentially identify their drug dealer.