Warren Police Make First Narcan Save Of Year

WARREN, NJ — Warren Police made their first Naloxone (Narcan) save of the year when they helped to revive a man suffering from a heroin overdose.

A driver flagged down Warren Police Officer Jeff Sohler while at a traffic stop on Mt. Horeb Road on Jan. 26, who said her passenger was unconscious and unresponsive.

The passenger, a 41-year-old man, had a purple skin tone, no pulse, was not breathing and had been in that state for about 10 minutes. Sergeant Gleeson, Officer Bennett and Officer Barbieri arrived on scene and tried CPR, police reported.

Police recognized that the man had overdosed on heroin and used Naloxone (Narcan) — which is a medication that reverses opiate overdoses and in most cases revives the victim.

After two Narcan treatments were used, the man was revived and transported by Atlantic Ambulance EMS-8 along with Medic Unit 12 to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital – Somerset, Somerville for further evaluation.

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