MEDICAL
CARE. [ KNOCKING ] HELLO! HELLO!
>> YEAH. >> WHAT'S UP? >> NEED HELP OUT HERE! MY FRIEND OD'd.
>> WE GOT AN OVERDOSE OUTSIDE. >> WHERE ARE THEY AT? >> THEY'RE IN A CAR RIGHT
NEXT TO US. >> OKAY. >> THEY'RE IN THE CAR AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE JUST
WENT OUT. >> WHAT DID HE OD ON? [ BLEEP ]. I DON'T KNOW.
SNORTING. FENTANYL AND HEROIN. >> FENTANYL AND HEROIN? >> YEAH.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE HAD ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT BECAUSE HE JUST PICKED ME UP.
BUT LIKE I SAID, HE WENT OUT. I DIDN'T KNOW IF I COULD MAKE IT TO THE HOSPITAL.
>> HEY, WHAT'S UP. >> WHOA. >> CAREFUL, CAREFUL, CAREFUL.
>> WE GOT HIS HEAD. >> I GOT HIS HEAD RIGHT HERE. >> WHAT DO YOU GOT?
>> OVERDOSE. >> ALL RIGHT. >> ONE, TWO, THREE. >> ENGINE 24 CALLING FIRE
ALARM. COMPANY SPECIAL OVERDOSE AT THE FIRE HOUSE 5245 NATURAL BRIDGE CIVILIAN.
>> OVERDOSE AT THE FIRE HOUSE CIVILIAN. >> WE WERE AWOKEN TO A KNOCK ON OUR FIRE HOUSE
DOOR. CAR PULLED UP AND AN INDIVIDUAL INSIDE THE CAR HAD OVERDOSED ON HEROIN.
OR WHAT WE NOW KNOW IS I BELIEVE FENTANYL. >> IS HE BREATHING? >> WE'RE BREATHING FOR
HIM RIGHT NOW. >> HE WAS MAKING NOISE LIKE HE WAS TRYING TO GASP FOR AIR.
>> HOW LONG AGO DID HE TAKE IT? >> HOW LONG DID HE TAKE? >> HOW LONG AGO?
>> [ BLEEP ]. >> HE PICKED ME UP NO LONGER THAN TEN MINUTES. >> FIVE MINUTES.
>> HAS IT BEEN FIVE? >> HE'S STILL NOT RESPONDING AT ALL. >> HE'S NOT RESPONDING
RIGHT NOW SO WE'RE BREATHING FOR HIM. WE'RE PUTTING OXYGEN INTO HIS LUNGS FOR HIM.
>> DID THE COPS LEAVE? >> YEAH. THEY WEREN'T DISPATCHED. THERE WE GO.
>> LET HIM GO. LET HIM GO. >> STAY BACK. HE'S FINE.
HE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HE'S AT. >> THAT OXYGEN WILL BLOW UP.
>> I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. >> YOU'RE GOOD, MAN. YOU'RE GOOD.
I DON'T WANT HIM TO GET TO SWINGING. HE CAME OUT OF SHOCK. >> IT HAPPENS.
HE DOESN'T KNOW WHERE HE'S AT. WE GOT HIM. WE'LL TAKE CARE OF HIM.
>> WHAT'S UP. >> WHAT THE [ BLEEP ] IS GOING ON? >> YOU OVERDOSED, MAN.
>> [ BLEEP ]. >> YOU WEREN'T BREATHING. >> OH, NO. >> WE GAVE HIM TWO DOSES
OF NARCAN. >> OUR DISPATCHER ASSESSED WHAT'S GOING ON. WE GET A BIT OF
INFORMATION. WE HAVE A TIME FOR RESPONSE AND WE'RE KIND OF READY FOR IT.
BUT THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE ARE BASED IN A COMMUNITY. AND PEOPLE SEEK OUR HELP
NO MATTER WHERE WE ARE. AND TONIGHT THEY KNEW WHERE THE FIRE HOUSE WAS, AND I'M GLAD THEY KNEW
WHERE THE FIRE HOUSE WAS BECAUSE HE WAS DEFINITELY UNCONSCIOUS AND NEEDED SOME MEDICAL ATTENTION.
>> WELL, WE'RE SEEING IT UNFORTUNATELY WITH INCREASING FREQUENCY THIS