{"id":96334,"date":"2019-01-03T14:08:01","date_gmt":"2019-01-03T21:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/police-save-man-suspected-of-opioid-overdose\/"},"modified":"2019-01-03T14:08:01","modified_gmt":"2019-01-03T21:08:01","slug":"police-save-man-suspected-of-opioid-overdose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/police-save-man-suspected-of-opioid-overdose\/","title":{"rendered":"Police save man suspected of opioid overdose"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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The driver of a white station wagon is suspected of having an opioid overdose while driving in the 1500 block of Main Avenue. Police administered Narcan to save the driver.<\/span>Courtesy of Durango Police Department<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

A Durango Police Department officer is being credited with saving a man experiencing an opioid overdose late Tuesday or early Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The driver of a white station wagon drove off the road and nearly rolled the vehicle over a 8- to 10-foot embankment in the 1500 block of Main Avenue.<\/p>\n

The driver, who police did not identify in a Facebook post<\/a> describing the incident, was found barely breathing and slumped over the steering wheel of what appears to be a Subaru Outback.<\/p>\n

The Durango Police Department did not respond to a phone call requesting comment.<\/p>\n

Officer J.J. Rouanzoin, who found the unconscious driver, suspected the person to be under the influence opioids and administered Naloxone, a drug commonly referred to as Narcan that is designed to reverse the effects of opiates. The driver regained consciousness after the drug was administered.<\/p>\n

Narcan is a nasal spray that, once administered, binds to opioid receptors in the brain, blocking drugs from binding and reversing an opioid overdose.<\/p>\n

\u201cDurango Police officers carry Narcan, and they are trained to recognize the signs of an overdose, which include unresponsiveness, respiratory failure and pinpoint pupils,\u201d DPD wrote in its Facebook post.<\/p>\n

The driver was taken by ambulance to a hospital. Police did not specify when the incident happened, whether charges were filed or what hospital the driver was taken to.<\/p>\n

bhauff@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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