Respawn

Supplies that keep people alive, no questions asked. We're building kits now: naloxone, test strips, and safer-use supplies, plus the six steps that reverse an opioid overdose. In a game you get another life; out here somebody has to hand you one.

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What Respawn is

Respawn is our harm reduction program. We assemble kits and put supplies in the hands of the people who need them — at our events, through community partners, and by request from anyone who asks. Naloxone is the headline, but it isn't the whole list: test strips, sterile injection supplies, safer smoking and snorting supplies, and wound care all come from the same table.

Naloxone reverses an opioid overdose. We issue it two ways — a nasal spray, and an injection you give into a muscle — and both are covered below. Either one does nothing at all to a person who hasn't taken opioids. The hard part has never been the medicine. The hard part is that it isn't in the room, or nobody there knows they're allowed to use it.

So Respawn does two things: it gets supplies out, and it makes the instructions impossible to misplace — on this page, in our safer use guide, on a card in the kit, and on a printable sheet you can stick inside a cabinet door.

We don't ask why you want any of it. Not at an event, not on the form below, not ever. Carrying naloxone says nothing about you except that you're willing to help — and needing anything else on this page says nothing about you either.

What we hand out

Naloxone

Reverses an opioid overdose. We issue it as nasal spray and as an injection you give into a muscle — both are a full dose, both are in the guide. Two doses per kit, because a strong opioid can need more than one.

Fentanyl & xylazine test strips

Check a supply before you use it. Legal to have in Ohio, and they're the only way to know fentanyl or xylazine is in something that wasn't supposed to have it.

Sterile injection supplies

New syringes, sterile water, cookers, cotton, tourniquets, alcohol pads. A fresh set every time is the whole point — sharing is how hepatitis C and HIV move.

Safer smoking supplies

Pipes, stems, screens, and mouthpieces, so nobody has to share or use a cracked or scorching-hot piece.

Safer snorting supplies

Your own straws and saline, instead of a shared bill or a borrowed key.

Wound care & hygiene

Saline, gauze, non-stick dressings, tape, ointment, gloves. Wounds get much easier to treat the earlier they get looked after.

All free, in whatever quantity you need — ask for more rather than reusing or sharing. New to any of it? The safer use guide covers how to use each one.

What's in a naloxone kit

Two doses of naloxoneNasal spray or the injectable kind, depending on what we have — ask if you want one over the other. Two doses, not one, because a strong opioid can need more than a single dose.
A step-by-step response cardThe same six steps as below, sized for a wallet or a phone case.
A rescue-breathing barrierA one-way face shield, so helping someone breathe is one less thing to hesitate over.
Nitrile glovesBasic protection for whoever steps in.
A local resources cardWhere to get more naloxone, and who to call when someone wants help.

The six steps that reverse an overdose

In order. You don't need training, permission, or certainty to start.

Try to wake them

Shout their name and shake their shoulders. If nothing, rub your knuckles hard on their breastbone.
Responds at all? They're very high, not overdosing — stay with them. No response? Treat it as an overdose.
Call 911

Say someone is unresponsive and not breathing, and give the address. That is the sentence that gets help moving.
You don't have to mention drugs. Ohio's Good Samaritan law protects people who call for help in good faith.
Give naloxone

Nasal spray: lay them on their back, put the nozzle in one nostril until your fingers touch the bottom of their nose, and press the plunger all the way in. Injectable: draw up the whole vial and inject it straight into the outer thigh or the muscle of the upper arm.
Whichever kind your kit has is one full dose. Nothing to measure or calculate either way.
Help them breathe

Tilt the head back, lift the chin, pinch the nose shut, and give one slow breath every 5 seconds. Not able or willing to do breaths? Do hands-only chest compressions instead.
Oxygen is what protects the brain while the naloxone catches up. This step matters as much as the dose.
Still nothing after 2–3 minutes? Give another dose

Use a fresh dose — the other nostril, or a new vial and a new syringe. Keep going every 2–3 minutes for as long as you have doses.
Fentanyl overdoses often take more than one dose. Running out is common — using too much is not a thing.
Stay with them

Naloxone wears off in 30–90 minutes and the overdose can come back. Stay until EMS arrives. If you must step away, roll them onto their side so they cannot choke.
Waking up in withdrawal feels awful — sweating, nausea, agitation. Be calm, say what happened, and keep them from taking more.

Print these six steps →

Walk through them one at a time (about a minute) →

Safer use guide — don't use alone, check your supply, look after wounds →

Step 3, both ways: nasal spray and injection

We issue naloxone in two forms, and a kit may have either. They are equally effective — the difference is only how many steps stand between you and the dose. Find the one your kit has and follow that.

Nasal spray

Prefilled, sealed, ready. Nothing to assemble, nothing to measure.

Dose: One spray = one full dose
Speed: Starts working in 2–3 minutes

Lay them on their back Tilt the head back so the spray goes where it needs to. They do not need to be breathing in for it to work.
Nozzle all the way into one nostril Push it in until your fingers touch the bottom of their nose.
Press the plunger firmly, all the way One hard press. It empties in one go — there is no half dose and nothing to prime first.

Do not test-spray it beforehand. Each device holds exactly one dose and a test spray wastes it.
A blocked or bloody nose is the one time it may not absorb well. If nothing happens and you also have the injectable kind, use that.

Injection into a muscle (IM)

A vial and a syringe. More steps than the spray, the same medicine, and it works just as well — you are injecting into muscle, which is far more forgiving than it sounds.

Dose: One whole vial = one full dose
Speed: Starts working in 2–5 minutes

Flip the cap off the vial Snap the little plastic cap off the top. The rubber underneath is what the needle goes through — in an overdose you do not need to wipe it first.
Draw up all of it Push the needle through the rubber, turn the vial upside down, and pull the plunger back until the liquid is all in the syringe. That is 1 mL, and 1 mL is one full dose. Small air bubbles do not matter when you inject into muscle. Do not spend a second flicking at them.
Inject straight into the outer thigh or upper arm The fleshy outside of the thigh, or the meat of the shoulder. Needle straight in at a right angle, all the way, through clothing if that is faster. You are aiming for muscle, not a vein. You do not need to find a vein, and you do not need to pull back to check for blood. Skip the buttock — the sciatic nerve is there.
Push the plunger down and pull the needle out All the way down, then straight back out. There is no need to hold it in or massage the spot.
Put the used syringe somewhere safe Do not put the cap back on — that is when people stick themselves. Drop it in a sharps container, or any hard container with a lid that nobody will reach into. Deal with it after; the person comes first.

Injecting it into fat instead of muscle, or into the wrong bit of the thigh, is not a disaster — it still gets absorbed. A dose given imperfectly beats a dose not given.
You cannot overdose someone on naloxone, and it does nothing at all to a person who has not taken opioids. There is no version of this where giving it is the wrong call.
Got a prefilled injector instead (Zimhi and similar)? Skip the first two steps: pull the cap off and inject it into the thigh. The dose is already in it and printed on the side.
If you stick yourself, finish helping the person first. Then wash it with soap and water and tell us — we will help you get checked, and nobody is in trouble.

Neither one can hurt someone who hasn't taken opioids, and neither can be overdosed on. If you have a kit in your hand and someone won't wake up, use what you've got.

How to spot an overdose

Someone who is very high will respond to their name or a shake. Someone who is overdosing won't. That difference is the whole test — everything below is confirmation.

Won't wake up — not to their name, a shoulder shake, or a firm knuckle-rub on the breastbone
Breathing is slow, shallow, or has stopped
Choking, gurgling, or snoring sounds — sometimes called a "death rattle"
Lips, fingertips, or face going blue, grey, or ashen
Pupils shrunk to pinpoints
Limp body; cold, clammy skin
Slow, faint, or no pulse

When you're not sure, act as if it is one. A person who didn't need naloxone is briefly uncomfortable. A person who needed it and didn't get one may not get another chance.

Good to know

What if I'm wrong and it isn't an overdose?

Then nothing happens. Naloxone only acts on opioids — it cannot hurt someone who hasn't taken any. When you are not sure, give it. Guessing wrong costs nothing; waiting can cost everything.

What if they took something that isn't an opioid?

Naloxone will not reverse benzodiazepines, alcohol, stimulants, or xylazine ("tranq"). Give it anyway and call 911 — much of the supply is mixed with fentanyl, and rescue breathing helps either way.

Do I need training to use it?

No. The nasal spray is one spray up one nostril — no needles, no dosing. The injectable kind is a few more steps (flip the cap, draw up the vial, needle into the outer thigh) and still needs no medical background: you are putting it into muscle, which does not require finding a vein or getting an angle right. Reading this page is most of the training. We'll walk you through either one in person too, if you'd rather.

The injectable kind makes me nervous. Can I ask for nasal?

Yes — tell us when you request a kit and we'll match it if we have it. Neither is more effective than the other, so take whichever you'd actually be willing to use at 3am. That's the only comparison that matters.

Could I get in trouble for calling 911?

Ohio's Good Samaritan law gives limited immunity from minor drug possession charges to people who seek medical help in good faith — for both the caller and the person overdosing. It has conditions and limits, so it isn't a blank cheque, but the law exists precisely so that fear doesn't keep anyone from calling. Call.

How should I store a kit?

Room temperature. Not a freezer, not a glovebox in July. Check the expiry date now and then — and tell us when yours is close, so we can swap it.

Who is a kit for?

Anyone who might be in the room. People who use drugs, their friends and family, event staff, venue crews, teachers, roommates, strangers on a bus. Carrying naloxone says nothing about you except that you are willing to help.

How to get supplies

Ask us

Fill in the request below and we will get supplies to you. No explanation required, and we never ask what they are for.

At our events

Supplies and quick walkthroughs at PrismaCorp events. Locations and dates go up here once each schedule is confirmed.

Through outreach

We supply community partners, venues, and organizers so kits sit where people actually need them.

Where else to get supplies

We are one small source. These are the big ones — most of them free, and naloxone needs no prescription in Ohio.

Print & share

Wallet cards

Eight true wallet-size cards on one sheet, with cut lines. These are the ones that go in the kits and get handed out at a table.

8 per sheet · 85.6 × 54 mm

Venue poster

One page for a green room, a bar, or a shop wall: the six steps sized to read standing up, plus a QR code to free supplies.

One page · Letter or A4

Full response sheet

The complete six steps with the notes, the overdose signs, and every number worth having. For a cabinet door or a first-aid box.

One page · Letter or A4

Don't let it expire in a drawer

Naloxone has an expiry date, and a kit that's out of date is the one nobody checks. Add a reminder to your calendar and we'll swap yours when it's close.

All three print from a browser with no account and no cost — take them to a copy shop, or ask us and we'll bring printed ones. Running an event or a venue? We'll post you a stack.

Help us make more

Fund supplies

Every donation buys naloxone, strips, and supplies. A gift to PrismaCorp Foundation is tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law.

Pack and hand out supplies

Volunteers assemble kits and staff the table. No experience needed — we'll train you.

Stock kits at your venue

Organizers, venues, and shops: let's put naloxone where your people already are.

About this guidance. The response steps and overdose signs on this page follow public health guidance from SAMHSA, NIDA/NIH, the Ohio Department of Health, the Ohio Board of Pharmacy, the National Harm Reduction Coalition, and CATIE. Last reviewed July 2026. This is community overdose-response information, not medical advice, and it isn't a substitute for emergency care — always call 911. If you spot something here that's out of date or wrong, please tell us and we'll fix it fast.

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