What to do
- Slow breathing, snoring sounds and cannot wake: call emergency services.
- If unresponsive: call emergency services. If breathing is abnormal, start CPR with dispatcher guidance.
- For suspected opioids, use available naloxone if trained, following packaging. Do not delay CPR.
- If not improving, follow packaging or responders for another naloxone dose. Keep monitoring breathing. Do not stop needed CPR.
- If unresponsive but breathing normally, without trauma: place on their side and monitor breathing.
- Give location and symptoms. No phone or signal: ask someone to call from a safe place. Do not delay help to collect belongings.
- Breathing can worsen again after improvement. Stay and watch. Unresponsive and breathing abnormally: restart CPR. Another helper can give label-directed naloxone.
What to avoid
- Do not leave them alone even after improvement with naloxone.
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