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rustydog

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4. Police might be the first contact because they pull over the driver hauling-ass for the ER

Reply to freshwest (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 12, 2014, 01:02 AM

Feb 2014

with the overdosed buddy in the back seat.
It happens more often than people think and the sooner you get Narcan into the person, the better.

Of course, once you have injected Narcan, odds are the fight is on.

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k&r n/t RainDog Feb 2014 #1

Kick! n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #2

They need more training to deal with people in crisis if they are the ones that are called instead freshwest Feb 2014 #3

Police might be the first contact because they pull over the driver hauling-ass for the ER rustydog Feb 2014 #4

Thanks, that is encouraging. I haven't had to take a person to ER for a long time. I suspect much of freshwest Feb 2014 #5

Yeah, whatever training they need should be provided. n/t ProSense Feb 2014 #7

Wow.. bless their activism Cha Feb 2014 #6