Summerside police administer overdose-reversing naloxone for 1st time
Police in Summerside, P.E.I., say they recently administered naloxone for the first time on a man they suspected of having overdosed on drugs.
Police responded to report of 18-year-old man 'acting erratically' on Granville Street
Police in Summerside, P.E.I., say they recently administered Narcan for the first time on a man they suspected of having overdosed on drugs.
Narcanis one of the brand names for naloxone,a medication used to reverse opioid overdoses.
Police got a call just after midnight on Dec.17, saying a man on Granville Street was "acting erratically"and foaming at the mouth.
After police arrived, the man fellunconscious, but came to after police used the nasal spray.Police said they suspect the 18-year-old man overdosed on drugs.
The man was from the Summerside area.He was taken toPrince County Hospital but has since been released.
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