Drug poisoning-related fatalities break records every passing year in Canada
Kym Porter has been carrying a naloxone kit in her purse since her son died of an overdose more than six years ago.
In Alberta, the latest numbers show April was the deadliest month, with 179 deaths from opioid overdoses. The signs could be shallow breathing, blue or grey lips or nails, small pupils, the inability to wake up despite calling out or shaking the person, and choking or snoring sounds. “If you’re walking down the sidewalk and you see someone has overdosed and you administer naloxone, and in doing that, you injure the person or cause their death, you will not be legally liable,” she explained.Candice Chaffey, a nurse at a Toronto-area hospital, was on her way to pick up a takeout pizza when her eyes caught a man lying unconscious on the pavement.Chaffey approached the man and began with sternal rubs on the chest to wake him up. She knew it was an overdose.
“I questioned myself,” Porter said. “Am I just wanting to do this because I know how to do this? Am I making too big of a deal about this?”
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