Narcan Saves Female Inmate At Dublin Jail

DUBLIN, CA — A woman who was booked into Dublin's Santa Rita Jail early Saturday morning on outstanding warrants out of Livermore was the 11th inmate at the facility saved by Narcan, according to officials.

After her booking, the female inmate — who's identity was not released — began to show signs consistent with an opioid overdose, according to Sgt. Ray Kelly of the Alameda County Sheriff's Office.

Deputies and medical staff intervened and administered the drug Narcan to the woman who was transported to a local hospital and is expected to survive, Kelly said.

Narcan — a brand name for naloxone — is an overdose-reversing drug. The sheriff's office has been training law personnel in overdose recognition and Narcan administration since 2018. In October, Kelly reported there were 1,000 doses of the drug deployed throughout the Alameda County Sheriff's Office.

In Alameda County, there were 676,436 opioid prescriptions written and 56 deaths due to all opioid-related overdoses in 2018, the most recent calendar year of data available, according to the California Department of Public Health.

"This is the 11th life that has been saved by Narcan at our jail," Kelly said. "We continue to see an alarming rate of opioid overdoses in our communities. Deputies trained in overdose recognition and Narcan administration have become a critical component in saving lives. We will continue to expand the availability and training of our Narcan Program."

Narcan was even used on two undercover Alameda County sheriff’s investigators who survived what could have been a fatal overdose of fentanyl following an accidental exposure while on duty last year.