Deputies Help Save Arrestee's Life: Contra Costa Sheriff

MARTINEZ, CA — Deputies helped save the life of an arrestee Tuesday morning at the county jail in Martinez, the Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office said.

Around 7:10 a.m., intake deputies were notified that an arrestee was unconscious and unresponsive in the jail's sally-port area — an extended, secure entryway — the sheriff's office said.

The 40-year-old man was arrested by the San Pablo Police Department and was transported to the Martinez Detention Facility by a jailer who tried to revive the man before notifying deputies.

Deputies then responded and gave the man two doses of Narcan, which is used in cases of suspected opioid overdose.

Contra Costa Health Services medical staff at the jail also responded and administered additional doses of the anti-opioid medication.

The arrestee was then taken by ambulance to Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez, where he was able to recover before being discharged Tuesday afternoon.