OPIOID OVERDOSE IS A MEDICAL EMERGENCY!  Would you know what to do if you saw someone who had overdosed on an opioid?

Signs of overdose:

• Loss of consciousness
• Unresponsive to your voice or shaking their shoulders
• Gurgling, snore-like sounds
• Awake, but unable to talk
• Breathing is very slow, shallow, or person is not breathing at all
• Body is very limp
• Face is very pale/ashen or clammy
• Fingernails and lips turn blue or purplish black
• Pulse (heartbeat) is slow, erratic, or victim as no pulse
• Pinpoint pupils

Risk Factors:

• Tolerance shift – particularly after a time of abstinence
• Mixing drugs – including alcohol or prescribed medications especially Benzodiazapines
• Using when alone
• Switching from ingestion or snorting to IV administration
• Compromised health due to illness
• Variations in drug strength of drugs
• Variations in purity or content of the drug

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