Two Cincinnati police officers saved the life of a woman who overdosed on fentanyl using a drug that reverses the effects of opioids they bought themselves after the department’s supplies ran out.
Officers Tim Pappas and Alexander McCoy responded to a home in the city’s Oakley neighborhood when the woman’s family became concerned after she missed a family dinner, FOX affiliate WXIX-TV reported.
The Cincinnati Police Department posted images of the body camera response on social media last week.
When they arrived at the home, officers found the woman in her bed, the department said.
“I approached the victim and honestly thought she was dead,” Pappas, a 24-year-old veteran, told the news outlet. ‘It was blue. It was cold to the touch.
Once they saw that he was still breathing, they went to work. The woman said she took what she believed to be cocaine. He also reportedly ingested fentanyl, police said.
Officers administered multiple doses of Narcan, which reserves overdoses and has become a crucial weapon in the fight against opioids.
“We are fortunate to have made the right decision, with the right team, at the right time,” McCoy said. Because, in any other circumstance, he would have died.
Paramedics responded and gave her more Narcon before she was taken to the hospital.
NARCAN is used to help revive victims of an opioid overdose. Recently, a couple of Cincinnati police officers used the drug to help a woman who was overdosing on drugs. (Photo by MediaNews Group / Reading Eagle via.) (.)
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The department ran out of Narcan after the doses they were given expired, the news outlet reported. The shortage has caused some agents to pay for theirs out of pocket. Narcan can cost as little as $ 20 with insurance, the news station said.
“I did my job, and that’s what we’re here for: saving lives, helping others,” Pappas said. “It couldn’t be more rewarding with the career I took.”
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