If someone isn't
waking up
It may be an opioid overdose. Call 911, then give naloxone — it cannot hurt someone who hasn't taken opioids.
The six steps
- Try to wake themShout, shake, knuckle-rub the breastbone
- Call 911Say "unresponsive, not breathing" + address
- Give naloxoneOne full dose — nasal spray or a shot in the thigh
- Help them breatheOne slow breath every 5 seconds
- Still nothing after 2–3 minutes? Give another doseNo response in 2–3 min? Another dose
- Stay with themStay — it wears off in 30–90 min
Injectable kit? Draw up the whole vial, then straight into the outer thigh or upper arm. Muscle, not a vein. Full steps at theprismacorp.org/respawn
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Is it an overdose?
Won't wake up to their name, a shake, or a hard knuckle-rub on the breastbone — plus slow, gasping, or no breathing.
Blue or grey lips, gurgling or snoring sounds, pinpoint pupils. Unsure? Give naloxone anyway.
911Say "unresponsive and not breathing" and give the address.
1-800-662-4357SAMHSA National Helpline — free, confidential, 24/7.
(614) 666-6960PrismaCorp Foundation — ask us for a free kit.
Respawn — a program of PrismaCorp Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public charity. Ohio's Good Samaritan law gives limited immunity from minor drug possession charges to people who seek medical help in good faith. Call anyway. Community overdose-response information, not medical advice. Follows guidance from SAMHSA, NIDA/NIH, the Ohio Department of Health, the Ohio Board of Pharmacy, the National Harm Reduction Coalition, and CATIE. Reviewed July 2026.