Heroin Antidote Used to Revive Palmyra Woman

Palmyra Police used the heroin antidote Narcan, the nasal form of Naloxone, to save an overdose victim on Monday, the Burlington County Times reports.

The antidote was used on an unconscious woman police determined had recently injected heroin. Police used CPR and the antidote to revive her, and she was transported to a local hospital, according to the report.

The incident comes less than a month after the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office reported that police departments in the county would begin carrying the antidote. It was used for the first time during an incident in Cinnaminson on July 20.

Last year, legislators passed the Opioid Antidote and Overdose Prevention Act, which made it legal for law enforcement officials to carry Naloxone/Narcan, a heroin antidote previously only available to hospital staff. It was previously only available to nurses and medical staff.

For more on Monday’s incident, visit burlingtoncountytimes.com.