Fast, practical, and scannable — because this page may be read in a hurry. The emergency steps are first. Below them: how to recognize an overdose, how to use naloxone, what to do after, and where the free supplies are tonight.
Place the person on their side if you can do so safely.
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Stay until emergency help arrives.
If you are not sure whether it’s an overdose, treat it like one. Fast action saves lives, and nobody has ever regretted the ambulance that wasn’t needed.
Know it, reverse it, get through what’s after
Recognize & Reverse an Overdose
The signs and the response in one place: breathing changes, unresponsiveness, skin color, gurgling sounds — then plain-language nasal naloxone steps, when to give a second dose, and where to get it free.
The page for the day after: medical follow-up, replacing the naloxone, reducing the next risk, and support for everyone involved — survivor and family both.
The Public Health Vending Machine outside Hope Council at 6103 39th Ave. carries no-cost naloxone, fentanyl and xylazine test strips, and safe disposal kits — around the clock, every day of the year, subject to availability.
Free naloxone training for individuals, families, and groups — how to prevent, recognize, and respond. It takes less time than most meetings and it makes you the person who knows what to do.
Mixing with alcohol or sedatives, using alone, unknown supply, and reduced tolerance after any break — the four facts behind most overdoses. The substance pages cover each one.
Always. It reverses the opioid part, which is what restores breathing. With xylazine present, the person may stay sedated after breathing returns; keep them on their side and stay until EMS arrives.
