DMHAS - Connecticut

opioid overdoses have become epidemic . In Connecticut , on average, two people die every day from an opioid overdose. How to use naloxone , also known as Narcan, can reverse an opioid overdose in a few naloxone (Narcan) to minutes. Opioids include street drugs (like reverse an opioid heroin) and prescription drugs (like Overdose Oxycontin). People do overdose and die from prescription drugs by using too much or mixing them with other pills, street drugs, or alcohol. DMHAS . - Don't stop unless they revive, EMS - Push up briskly on the plunger arrives or to give the Narcan. with your thumb How to Recognize an opioid Overdose 3. Give Narcan . The person does not respond when you call their name, shake them or cause pain by rubbing your knuckles hard on their breastbone. For intranasal Narcan: Their breathing is too slow (less For injectable Narcan: than 10 breaths/minute) or they - pop off orange top of vial and insert - remove the yellow cap atop the plastic aren't breathing at all syringe tube and screw the atomizer on Their skin is blue or gray, - remove 1 cc of Narcan by pulling - remove the bottom yellow cap and the especially the lips and fingernails down on the plunger red cap from the vial; screw the vial They may be making loud, - insert syringe into a large muscle and into the bottom of the tube uneven snoring or gurgling push the plunger in - spray half the vial up each nostril by noises pushing the vial up through t

Opioid overdoses have become epidemic. In Connecticut, on average, two people die every day from an opioid overdose. Naloxone, also known as Narcan, can reverse an opioid overdose in a few

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