Shomari Jackson, with the South Mountain WORKS coalition, discusses the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone and more during this brief training.
Hello everybody my name is shimari jackson with the south mountain works coalition and the substance abuse coalition leaders of arizona better known as sackla i thank you guys for being present today to support and understand community prevention and join us for our community naloxone and overdose training today we’re going to learn how to administer naloxone
Spray and naloxone injections we will go over the signs of an overdose and what to do if you need help if someone you know is in need from an overdose we will also discuss the good samaritan law and how to protect ourselves if we’re ever in a situation where we need to use that law so today we will go over the signs of an overdose and what to do if you need to help
Someone in need from an overdose we will also discuss the good samaritan law and how it protects you let’s begin by starting with what to use in case of an overdose so what is used to reverse an overdose here you see naloxone is used to treat opioid overdoses in an emergency narcan the nasal spray is a form of naloxone that is sprayed into the nose here you will
See a real-life footage from a tucson police officer delivering naloxone via the narcan spray to save a life me hello is he in here was it oxycodone though for sure do you guys know if he uses any type of heroin here let me uh go ahead and sit over here for me okay for sure it was uh that’s oxycodone this works wake up brother it’s the police it’s the police
Okay two out of seven seven so please don’t freak out for me okay i just administered narcan and he’s conscious again meds is in route correct 10-4 you all right man what’s your name huh paul hernandez you know where you are no why’d you take the pills are you trying to are you trying to hurt yourself yeah what’s going on brother too much well we’re here now
Man i know i know i’m a cop you’re not in any trouble or anything like that we got to take you to the hospital though okay you guys are mom no knives on you or anything like that right no needles or anything okay medics are on the way okay are those prescribed pills to you or you just kind of okay what do you what what are you um in pain for that they prescribed
So you might have heard the snoring in the videos here are some other signs to look for during an overdose the deep snoring the gurgling hard to wake up or vomiting the slow shallow to no breathing gurgling or choking sounds pale blue or gray lips fingernails or clammy sweaty skin unconsciousness or inability to awaken and slow heartbeats if somebody is having
An overdose you want to make sure that you’re stimulating that person first you can take these seven steps to do so first you want to check their responsiveness next you want to ask if they are okay if they’re not responding or answering you shake their shoulders if they’re still not responding you want to go ahead and perform a sternum rub a sternum rub is where
You take your ball your hands up in your fists you use your knuckles to rub across their sternum with extreme pressure that should awaken them next you want to check to see if they’re breathing you want to look you want to listen and you want to feel if they’re breathing if none of that is working make sure that you’re calling 9-1-1 if they are not responsive
Or if they’re not breathing next i want to give you an example of how to use naloxone and narcan first you want to remove the narcan nasal spray from the box inside of that box there will be instructions there will be two packages of narcan you want to pull one of those packages out you want to peel the tab with the circle to open the packaging hold the narcan
Nasal spray with your thumb on the bottom of the plunger and your first and middle fingers on either side like this gently insert the tip of the nozzle into either nostril press the plunger firmly to give the dose remove the plunger from the nostril if there’s no reaction in two to three minutes or if the person stops breathing give the second dose of naloxone
That you have in the box into the other nostril using the new spray device what do you do if they don’t respond you want to go ahead and repeat steps one through six using a new narcan nasal spray stay with the person naloxone loses its effect effect over 30 to 90 minutes after each use you want to make sure that you stay with the person until they wake up or
Until help comes if they are not waking up you want to go ahead and perform cpr until the medical professional arise but only perform cpr if you’re trained in cpr next i want to talk to you about inject injectable naloxone or intramuscular naloxone use you want to follow the same steps on how to stimulate the person then call 9911 safely remove all contents of
The naloxone kit onto a flat surface in that kit you will have an intramuscular needle and you will have a naloxone solution that is in a vowel make sure not to poke yourself while you’re removing the cap from the needle turn the naloxone vial upside down and draw out one milliliter of naloxone into the syringe you want to ensure that there are no air bubbles in
The syringe by slightly flicking it and pressing on the plunger to release any air that is in the needle safely locate an injection site either the upper shoulder outer thigh muscle or upper buttock area you want to depress the full one milliliters into the injection site and carefully remove the needle dispose of the needle after you’re done into a sharps container
If there’s one available if there is no sharp container available carefully recap the needle using the original cap making sure not to poke yourself or anyone else after you’ve administered naloxone and they have recovered you want to put them into a recovery position once they start to breathe you want to take their right arm and put it close to their head you
Want to roll the whole body over to their on their right side you want to tilt their head over with their hand underneath their head that way if they end up vomiting which often happens after a overdose reversal they won’t choke on their vomit and then number four is their recovery position where they can be safe and um sound so after you’ve recovered somebody from
An overdose you want to understand that the good samaritan law is there to protect someone attempting to help a person during the overdose this protection is for someone that is on site that may have been using drugs or maybe the person who has been using drugs it must be in good faith there is no money or other considerations involved with the good samaritan
Law and it prevents anyone from a criminal prosecution for drug offenses and that is only used for drug offenses so when do you use naloxone this is just a general overview of what we’ve already talked about first you should suspect that there is an overdose once you do that you want to check to see if there’s any responsiveness and you can do that to a pain
Stimuli next you want to check and see if the person is breathing or not if there’s normal or fast breathing you want to turn them over onto their side and get them into the recovery position if they’re slow breathing you want to administer your naloxone if there is no breathing or gasping administer naloxone and do cpr if you’re strained and certified and
Make sure that you call 9-1-1 so as we finish up i want to ask you are you prepared to reverse an overdose make sure that you’re carrying naloxone make sure that you go and visit us at naloxoneaz.com i just want to thank you very much and i hope that you all have a better understanding of how to administer naloxone thank you and have a good day you
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Community Naloxone and Overdose Prevention Training By MATFORCE AZ
