“Almost any time now, if the patient’s not awake, this is one of the first things we have to ask ourselves: Is it related to a drug overdose?” Kevin Fields, a paramedic, said. “Sometimes they're slumped head down on the steering wheel. Sometimes they're slumped over sideways.”
In Warren, Ohio, EMTs gave a driver Narcan after a crash. It was later determined that the driver likely suffered a medical emergency unrelated to drugs.
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