How to use Narcan:
- Try to wake them
- Yell and ask the person if they are okay and do a sternum rub (take your fist and rub their chest)
- Call for help
- Call 911 and let them know there is a person that is unresponsive, and your location
- Administer Narcan
- Place the hozzle in either nostril and push the plunger upward. Wait at least 60 seconds before giving the second dose.
- Rescue Breaths
- Tilt their chin. Plug their nose with one hand. Blow enough air into their lungs to make their chest rise. Give one breath every 5 seconds.
- Recovery Position
- Place them on their side so they don't choke from vomiting (automatic withdrawal sympton from Naloxone)
Here 2 Help Hotline:
Call 988
Call the 24/7 hotline if you or a loved one needs assistance finding treatment and support services.
For more information or naloxone or trainings please email communityriskreductionservices@baltimorecity.gov or call 410-396-3733