Overdose Tips
Tips for avoiding an overdose:

• always use with someone else
• when you use try a small amount, then have a second hit

How to spot an overdose:
Someone who has overdosed may show one or more of the following:

• blue lips, toenails and fingernails.
• very slow and shallow breathing or no breathing at all.
• snoring or gurgling breathing in someone who is asleep.
• no response to shaking, calling their name or pain.
• very slow, faint or no pulse.

What to do:

• stay calm squeeze earlobe, press on fingernail if they respond, try to walk them around
• if no response, check breathing and pulse if no breathing, start rescue breathing
• if no pulse, start CPR . if unconscious, place in coma position
• call an ambulance, stay with your friend !

Don’t:

• do not put the person into a bath as they could drown
• it is unwise to make an unconscious person vomit they may inhale the vomit
• do not attempt chest compression (i.e. CPR) if there is a pulse
• tea, coffee or alcohol will not wake up someone who has overdosed and may make them vomit
• do not inject amphetamines or other stimulants to counteract the heroin
• do not give injections of salt water this will not wake someone who has overdosed.