SPECIAL Constables in Barnsley were yesterday trained to administer life-saving medication.
They were the first Special Constables in South Yorkshire Police to receive Naloxone training and will be carrying the life saving medicine in the course of their duties.
Naloxone is a drug that can reverse the impact of opioids such as heroin and morphine as well as synthetic opioids including methadone, fentanyl and Nitazenes.
It acts as an emergency antidote and within 15 minutes of being administered, a person’s breathing can be restored to normal if it had slowed or stopped.
A police spokesperson said: “The Special Constables who were trained will all be carrying the Naloxone Nasal Spray in the course of their duties giving them the ability to prevent a tragic drug-related death.”
