An opioid overdose is a medical emergency!
Recognize an Overdose
- Blue Lips or Fingernails
- Clammy Cool Skin
- No Response to Either the Knuckles or the Breastbone Being Rubbed Hard
- No Response to Yelling
- Person Won't Wake Up
- Seizures or Convulsions
- Shallow, Slow Breathing
Responding to an Overdose
- Call 911
- Give the operator/dispatcher the address.
- Tell them that the person is not breathing.
- Stay with the person if you can.
- While you wait for the ambulance:
- Put the person on his/her side to prevent them from choking on their own vomit.
- Conduct rescue breathing if the person is not breathing.
- Administer Narcan, if you have it.
- Place the person in a recovery position.