Take Home Naloxone Kit Training

OPIOIDS (downers), including Fentanyl, are nervous system depressants

that result in decreased heart rate, drowsiness, slow/slurred speech,
constricted pupils and a decreased breathing rate which can lead to an
OVERDOSE
OVERDOSE PREVENTION
FACTORS THAT CAN INCREASE YOUR RISK OF OPIOID OVERDOSE Do not use alone
Use safer routes
Mixing drugs Tolerance Do a test hit first
Know the signs and symptoms of an OD
Quantity and potency Individual health status Do not mix drugs
Other medications Routes of administration Carry Naloxone
Know where to find community support &
resources
SYMPTOMS OF AN OPIOID OVERDOSE If you ever have to leave someone alone that you think
UNRESPONSIVE to Fingernails and lips are Choking or snore-like might be overdosing, put them in the recovery
stimulus blue gurgling noises position

Breathing is slow (less Skin is cold and/or Heartbeat is slow,

than 12 breaths/min), clammy erratic or not there at
erratic or there are no all
breaths at all
Body is very limp Vomiting Loss of consciousness
 Take Home Naloxone Kit Training
Stimulate: if they are unresponsive call 911
Airway: check to see if they are breathing, if not, open their airway and begin rescue breathing
Ventilation: 1 breath every 5 seconds for 2 min, make sure their chest is rising with each breath
Evaluate the situation: after 2 min, check to see if there are any changes, if still not responsive or
adequately breathing, prepare to give Naloxone

Muscular injection of Naloxone

Expose the thigh, divide into thirds, it is middle third where injection will go
Clean area on leg with alcohol swab
Take cap of vial, clean vial with alcohol swab
Put needle tip on to the syringe and draw up the full 1mL of liquid from the vial
Make sure there is no air in the syringe,
Hold the needle like a dart and insert into the thigh at 90
Push down on the plunger slowly and steadily
Remove needle at same angle and dispose of safely

Evaluate again
The Naloxone might take a 1-5 min to kick in,
Continue rescue breathing for another 2 min, if the person is still not responsive then
administer the 2nd dose of Naloxone
Continue rescue breathing until the person is breathing adequately on their own or until help
arrives
If they start breathing on their own, place them in the recovery position

If you need to replace the kit, please return to location you received it from or call Health Link at 811