Table 6.

Concerns about the technicalities of naloxone administration

“The reservations would be that because we’re big city policing, we are, ambulance is always just a moment away, so they say, so for that well then you’re kind of making a decision, am I going to take this medical concern into my own hands, am I properly identifying the issue as an overdose or is the guy having a seizure and this is going to kill him, or I can wait 30 seconds until the ambulance comes, which is fine, which is current practice. I know that generally VPD doesn’t do too much medical, just [inaudible] the primary goal is to get EHS or ambulance there as soon as possible and some very bare bones stuff, so I could see that being complicated. That’s kind of the big decision going in [inaudible] do it now or wait the minute ‘til trained medical personnel can do it. I’ve never given a needle so…” - Law enforcement interviewee 1