{"id":165578,"date":"2023-04-27T23:40:53","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T04:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=165578"},"modified":"2023-04-28T23:59:59","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T04:59:59","slug":"vw-county-officials-learn-how-to-administer-narcan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2023\/04\/27\/vw-county-officials-learn-how-to-administer-narcan\/","title":{"rendered":"County officials attend Narcan seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>DAVE MOSIER\/<\/strong><em>for the VW independent<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Volunteers from the local Families of Addicts (FOA) chapter provided training for Van Wert County officials on opiate drug overdoses and administering Naloxone (Narcan) to opiate OD victims Thursday in the Van Wert County Probate-Juvenile Courtroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"197\" src=\"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/County-NARCAN-training2-4-27-2023.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-165627\"\/><figcaption>Van Wert FOA Co-Director Shane Manson (standing left) welcomes a number of Van Wert County officials to a training session on Naloxone (Narcan) held Thursday in the County Probate-Juvenile Courtroom. <em>Dave Mosier\/Van Wert independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Shane Manson, co-director of the Van Wert FOA, welcomed approximately 50 officials to the training session and briefly talked about why he is a big proponent of Narcan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn 2015, I got a call at 2 o\u2019clock in the afternoon; my daughter called me and said \u2018dad, I\u2019m hooked on heroin and I need help\u2019 and I absolutely knew nothing of what to do,\u201d Manson said, noting his daughter received Narcan five times after OD&#8217;ing in Lima and four times after his wife found her in a full-blown overdose in the doorway of their bathroom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a huge proponent of Narcan,\u201d Manson added, although he added that his daughter has now been in long-term sobriety for 5\u00bd years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the FOA co-director explained that heroin isn\u2019t as big of a problem as it once was in the local community, with methamphetamine now more popular with addicts, he added that Fentanyl is in nearly every drug combination now, and Narcan will work on it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>He commended officials for attending training on Narcan, as well as obtaining Narcan kits provided at the session, adding that drug addiction &#8212; and opiate and Fentanyl overdoses &#8212; can \u201chappen to anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 15-minute training video provided information on the signs of an overdose:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Unresponsiveness<\/li><li>Slow or shallow breathing &#8212; or not breathing at all<\/li><li>Choking, snoring, or gurgling sounds<\/li><li>Blue, gray or ashen lips and fingernails<\/li><li>Pale or clammy face<\/li><li>Slow, erratic, or absent pulse<\/li><li>Vomiting<\/li><li>Seizures<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It also gave information on what to do is someone is overdosing, and how to administer Narcan products, information on how to do \u201crescue breaths,\u201d and the liability laws in Ohio related to administering Narcan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manson also noted that even though Narcan can stop an overdose, one dose may only last between 30 and 90 minutes &#8212; not long enough to completely eradicate the effects of an OD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed that anyone administering Narcan should be sure to call 9-1-1 as well. Manson said EMS squads typically have more, and stronger, Narcan products than are in the kits provided through the Project DAWN (Deaths Avoided with Naloxone) initiative, while hospitalization is often required to completely eliminate the effects of an overdose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ohio\u2019s laws also provide limited liability to those administering Narcan if they also call 9-1-1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that the local FOA is a Project DAWN site, while more information, and additional Narcan kits can be accessed at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.odh.ohio.gov\/projectdawn\">www.odh.ohio.gov\/projectdawn<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Manson said those receiving the kits on Thursday may never need to use them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI hope like heck you don\u2019t have to use it, but if you o you might save someone you love,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DAVE MOSIER\/for the VW independent Volunteers from the local Families of Addicts (FOA) chapter provided training for Van Wert County officials on opiate drug overdoses and administering Naloxone (Narcan) to opiate OD victims Thursday in the Van Wert County Probate-Juvenile Courtroom. 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