OPP use naloxone to save Ontario man from apparent opioid overdose
Posted January 7, 2018 1:52 pm.
Last Updated January 7, 2018 2:00 pm.
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Ontario Provincial Police saved the life of a 27-year-old Ontario man by using the overdose-reversing medication naloxone.
Police were called to the Queensway Motel in Simcoe, Ont. Saturday afternoon after reports of a man in medical distress.
After determining that the man seemed to be suffering from an opioid overdose, an officer administered three doses of naloxone.
The man regained consciousness and was transported to a hospital.
OPP say this is the second time naloxone has been administered to save a life in Norfolk County.
The Ontario government announced in December that it would offer naloxone to all of the province’s police and fire departments as part of an effort to combat the rising opioid crisis.
