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Ed Gadson holds a dose of Narcan as attendees look at the applicator during Narcan training at HIPS, a community outreach organization, in Washington, DC on March 13, 2023. - With an opioid overdose your respiration is "slowed to the point that you're not breathing," Johnny Bailey explains to a rapt audience in Washington. Narcan will "bring someone back from basically the dead," the 47-year-old recovered drug addict said at the offices of HIPS, an organization that provides "harm reduction" services to sex workers and drug users.
A toddler in Virginia was found unresponsive. To revive the child, the first responders had to use Narcan, a medication used to treat opioid overdoses, the police in Manassas Park say.
The Manassas Park Police Department confirmed that it arrested two women for their involvement in overdosing of a two-year-old child. The two were in the house where the little one was found unresponsive.
Virginia Toddler Revived by Narcan
As per a report by ABC News, Narcan is a medication containing an active ingredient known as naloxone, which restores the breathing of a person under opioid overdose right away. The United States Food and Drug Administration or the US FDA recently gave the medication a go signal for over-the-counter use last March.
The approval of Narcan for non-prescription use seeks to help save the lives of opioid users. This time, the medication successfully revived a toddler in Virginia after being found unresponsive.
NBC Washington reports that the police officers found a toddler unresponsive inside a home in Manassas Park at around 8:30 am, according to a Facebook post by the local police. Later on, first responders arrived at the scene to revive the young boy. Besides other life-saving measures, they try to bring back the toddler's consciousness using Narcan medication.
Thankfully, the medication by the responders successfully revived the young boy. The child was brought to the hospital for further observations and medical assistance. WUSA9 says the first responders initially brought the two-year-old boy to the Prince William Hospital. But after which the unresponsive child was taken to Innova Fairfox for further advanced medical care.
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 29: In this photo illustration, a package of Narcan (Naloxone HCI) nasal spray is displayed on March 29, 2023 in San Francisco, California. The FDA announced plans to make opioid reversal drug Narcan available for over-the-counter purchases as drug fatality rates continue to skyrocket across the United States.
Police Charged Two Women
While the first responders focused on reviving the child, the police arrested two women found in the home of the overdosing incident.
The Manassas Park Police Department confirmed that they charged Ashleyy Polzer and Savannah Jones. The latter, a 26-year woman from Manassas Park, reportedly had an outstanding warrant from Prince William County for a "Grand and petty Larceny" charge.
On the other hand, Jones, 33, has an outstanding warrant out of Warren County for Failure to Appear for "Driving Revoked," "Provide False ID to Law Enforcement," and "False ID to Law Enforcement" charges.
The Manassas Park Police arrested Jones and Polzer for the "False ID to Law Enforcement" charge. The police also charged the latter, the 33-year-old woman, with "Possession of Drug Paraphernalia.
The police say that the investigation of the overdosing incident is still ongoing. For now, the two women who were present in the home where the unresponsive child revived by Narcan was found have been arrested by law enforcement.
Meanwhile, the Manassas Police Department Captain, Carl Dorr, told ABC News that the young child is now stable. The toddler is currently staying in a hospital.
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