Harm Reduction
Harm reduction comprises policies, programs, 以及减少吸毒过量风险的做法. 减少毒品危害的一些例子包括使纳洛酮易于获得, educational programming, providing fentanyl test strips, and policies like Smith’s amnesty policy. 它还可以扩展到降低其他潜在有害情况风险的干预措施. Wearing a seatbelt, using barrier contraception, 使用杀虫剂都是减少危害的例子.
消除所有高危行为是不可能的. Harm Reduction aims at attenuating risk.
How to Respond to an Overdose
Narcan on Campus
Using Narcan & Overdose Symptoms
Narcan is easy to administer. Watch this simple training,所有纳洛盒上都有使用说明.
如果不小心给没有过量服用的人服用,纳洛酮的副作用是有限的. 然而,理想情况下,它应该只在真正需要时使用. 过量服用的一些症状和体征包括:
- Lack of consciousness
- 清醒但言语不清或不能说话
- Slow, shallow, erratic, or no breathing
- Skin is blue/purple/gray
- Fingernails or lips look bluish or gray
- Pulse is slow, erratic, or has stopped
- Choking sounds or gurgling noises
- Sweating and chills
- Body is very limp
- Seizures or convulsions