PATTERSON – It took five
doses of Narcan, four nasal spray and one intravenous, to revive a man,
who was found unresponsive in the garage of a residence on Concord Road
in Patterson.
Putnam county Sheriff’s deputies were called to the home at about
7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 5. Deputies, who said the man exhibited signs
of an opioid overdose, administered four nasal spray doses and when EMS
personnel arrived, they administered more to the man intravenously.
That brought him around and he was transported to Putnam Hospital Center
in Carmel for treatment.
Sheriff Donald Smith noted the state health department has made Narcan
available to the public at pharmacies without a prescription, but he said
while it can save lives from overdoses and give a person a second chance,
it is not a cure for opioid addiction. “It is up to the person who
gets the second chance to use the opportunities to seek professional treatment
of his or her addiction,” he said.
