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Responding to overdose during the COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19,HIV Blog / April 24, 2020

How should I give naloxone?

1. Wash your hands

2. Wake them up

    • Shake shoulders and ask, “are you alright”.
    • Rub your knuckles up and down the breast bone.

3. If they don’t wake, call 911

    • You will not get in trouble for drug use or possession.
    • First responders will have more naloxone.

4. Give naloxone

    • Give second dose after 2-3 minutes if they haven’t started breathing again.

5. Do Rescue Breathing

    • If you live with the Individual:
      • Remove any airway blockages.
      • Tilt head back, lift chin, pinch nose.
      • Using your rescue breathing shield, give 1 breath every 5 seconds.
      • Continue until they start breathing or help arrives.
    • If you do not live with the individual:
      • If you know how to provide CPR, we ask that you don’t use rescue breaths. Use chest compressions only during this time.
      • If you don’t know CPR, please stay with the individual until help arrives.

6. Provide Post Care

    • Place them on their side and put their hands under their head to prevent choking on vomit.
    • If a person was given Naloxone, stay with them until help arrives. Naloxone wears off in 30-90 minutes.

7. Wash your hands and then face with soap and water.


Please see training video for additional information:

http://howtoadministernaloxone.maryland.gov/

 

How can I get naloxone?

Walk-in availability

Walk-in services to all Harford County Health Department sites are unavailable until communicated otherwise. This includes our naloxone programs.

ShopRite Narcan® Program

Those in need of no-cost naloxone should go to any Klein’s ShopRite pharmacy in Harford County (Aberdeen, Bel Air-Main Street, Bel Air-Festival, Cardiff, Forest Hill, and Riverside). Individuals should tell pharmacy staff if they are uninsured or cannot afford their copay and will then complete a form to receive Narcan® at no cost.

Community-based access

For anyone unable to access a ShopRite pharmacy location or in the event of grocery store or pharmacy closures, call us at (410) 612-1779 between 8am and 5pm and ask for Narcan®. Callers will be directed to an Overdose Response Program staff member who can facilitate community-based access, usually the same day.

Mail-order

If all of these options become unavailable or none meet an individual’s needs, the NEXT Distro-Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition partnership makes free naloxone available via mail in Maryland. Request it at: naloxoneforall.org/maryland.

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