For at least the second time this month, a deputy administered Narcan to save the life of a Ukiah man suffering from an overdose, the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office reported.
According to the MCSO, a deputy on patrol in Ukiah Tuesday was flagged down by a person in the 200 block of North Orchard Avenue who saw a man fall to the ground around 9:15 p.m.
The deputy approached the man, identified only as a 34-year-old Ukiah resident, who had fallen near a business and determined he had a pulse but was unresponsive.
"Fearing the adult male was suffering the beginning stages of a potential lethal drug overdose, the deputy administered a 4MG dosage of Narcan to the adult male," the MCSO reported in a press release. "The adult male immediately showed a physical improvement, but still displayed an altered level of consciousness. During this time a small plastic baggie of suspected Fentanyl was found on the ground near the adult male's body."
Soon after the Narcan was administered, medical personnel arrived and began treating the man, who was later transported to Adventist Health Ukiah Valley for further treatment.
Since April of 2019 the MCSO has been issuing "Narcan® (Naloxone HCI) nasal spray dosage units to its employees as part of their assigned personal protective equipment. MCSO's goal is in protecting the public and officers from opioid overdoses. At that time, the California Opioid Overdose Surveillance Dashboard reported Mendocino County ranking, per capita, third in all opioid overdose deaths."
In the four years since, the MCSO reports that "there have now been 16 separate situations wherein Mendocino County Sheriff's Office Patrol Staff have administered Narcan and saved the lives of 16 overdosing individuals in need of the lifesaving antidote medication."
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