Information from King County Sheriff

The Burien Police Department recently issued officers a Naloxone nasal-spray to treat opioid overdose victims. When someone overdoses on an opioid it can be difficult to wake the person and breathing may stop, leading to death. Naloxone spray, also referred to as Narcan, is F.D.A. approved and is known for its ability to quickly counter overdose effects.

On Wednesday around 7pm Burien officers responded to the 400 block of SW152 for a man that was not breathing. When they arrived they saw two employees doing CPR on the man. A friend of the man’s told police that that he had overdosed on heroin. An officer administered Naloxone nasal-spray and the man quickly started breathing. Within minutes he was conscious and taken to the hospital.

Naloxone nasal-spray is sprayed into one nostril of an overdose victim and results are usually evident within two minutes.

Burien Police who contract with the King County Sheriff’s Office said this is the second overdose reversal using Naloxone in as many weeks. On July 25 two King County Sheriff’s Bicycle patrol deputies successfully administered the spray to a man who had overdosed in downtown Seattle.