'If you see somebody who you think could be sleeping or experiencing opioid poisoning or a medical emergency, just check on them. It never hurts.'
"Luckily, my friend had a naloxone kit in the vehicle," she says of the drug used to reverse opioid overdoses. Voss-Dahl, a licensed practical nurse with Boyle Street Community Services in Edmonton, says she comes across people overdosing "all the time" when she's downtown for events on weekends.
More than 3,000 people were experiencing homelessness as of the first week of August — 42 per cent higher than August 2021, says Homeward Trust Edmonton, which co-ordinates the response to homelessness in the city. For anyone stumbling upon a person passed out on the street, the immediate response should be to check on them, Voss-Dahl says.
"The difference is when a person is revived, some come out of the with an adverse, violent reaction," he said. "You need to be aware of that.Voss-Dahl says there could be reasons other than opioids that a person is passed out by the road, including heatstroke, exhaustion or alcohol. The signs of an overdose could be pale or blue skin tone, grey or blue lips, shallow or slow breathing and being unresponsive to pain. The person may appear limp and could be lying down or crouched.
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