A dose of Naloxone, also known as Narcan, sits on the hood of a Riverside Fire Authority ambulance on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2015, in Centralia. It is used to reverse overdoses.
A Washington State Patrol trooper helped save an overdosing driver’s life last month in Skagit County using the drug Naloxone, commonly known by the brand name NARCAN.
Naloxone is used to revive people overdosing on opioids.
This was the first reported use of the drug by a Washington State Patrol trooper, according to a release from the agency.
Shortly after noon on Aug. 26, a trooper responded to the intersection of Grip Road and Mosier Road in Skagit County.
A suspect in a hit and run crash involving a motorcycle near Sedro Woolley was found unconscious in the driver’s seat of his SUV.
The trooper revived the 35-year-old man, whose name was not released, and arrested him on suspicion of DUI, hit and run, resisting arrest and obstructing, according to the release.
The State Patrol recently began issuing the drug to troopers to “protect themselves and the public from the potentially deadly effects of opioids,” according to the release.
The use of Naloxone is controlled by the 911 Good Samaritan Drug Overdose Law.
The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office and Centralia and Chehalis police departments announced last month that all of their officers will begin carrying Naloxone after receiving training on how to administer the drug and a grant to fund it.
