A California police officer was in the right place at the right time when a frantic mother flagged down his patrol car. Her unresponsive toddler had been exposed to the opiate fentanyl. Officer Aaron Khamosh managed to revive the child using Narcan, a drug developed to reverse the effects of an opiate overdose. In a Facebook post, Concord Police Department stated Khamosh was patrolling on March 26 when he was flagged down on Salvio Street by a woman. Her 2-year-old was unconscious on the back seat of a car and wasn’t breathing. The quick-thinking officer went to assist and began chest compressions and CPR on her son. “[T]he officer could not find a pulse,” the department stated. “As the baby grew pale, the mother revealed that the child ‘got ahold of some fentanyl’ and needed Narcan, a drug used when a person is having an overdose.” Khamosh was able to administer …
Quick-Thinking Police Officer Uses Narcan to Save Toddler Who ‘Got Ahold of Some Fentanyl’ and Overdosed
April 3, 2021
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