Lifeguard with naloxone: Tyrol's new project against drug overdose!

Lifeguard with naloxone: Tyrol's new project against drug overdose!

In Tyrol, an important project to combat the opioid overdoses was launched, which was created by Caritas Tyrol in cooperation with the Landeskrankenhaus Hall and the Innsbruck University Hospital. Between June 2023 and November 2024, a total of 134 drug patients and 64 employees were trained in aid facilities in dealing with the life-saving naloxone nasal spray, as the Caritas Tyrol reported on Wednesday. This nasal spray plays a crucial role, since when you breathing breathing, it immediately gets breathing through opioid overdose-without side effects and risk of abuse.

During the project period, the spray has already been used successfully twelve times. Particular attention is paid to the fact that the trained consumers can take the spray home with them so that they can intervene immediately in an emergency. Wolfgang Sparber, head of advice and support at Caritas, explained that the training not only convey life -saving knowledge to the participants, but also strengthen their self -confidence and sense of responsibility. With an increase in drug-related deaths in 2023 to 22, the project "Take Home Naloxon" is an important Initiative to reduce these tragic numbers.

support for people without insurance

medcare has created a new access to support people in financial and social emergency situations. With offers in Innsbruck, both on site and mobile, Caritas Tirol shows how important it is that vulnerable groups also have access to medical care. The combination of these two projects - the training in drug help and basic medical care - is a decisive step in combating drug addiction and social injustices.