Opiates and Opioids

You’re correct regarding medications that I didn’t have. So I did the next best thing. I got someone who did have the medications.

I was the first one on the scene when someone started shouting, trying to rouse the person.

The conscious person didn’t want me to phone an ambulance because they had an outstanding warrant and were afraid the police would get there first. The ambulance station was about four blocks away. I phoned the ambulance. It attended within a couple of minutes and paramedics provided medical attention while the person with the warrants took off.

When I return to Canada next month I’m planning to get a naloxone kit and take the naloxone training so that I can provide more immediate help next time.