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Overdose: How to Cope in a Crisis for Injecting Drug Users

Publication type: 
Brochure / Leaflet / Pamphlet / Information Sheet
AttachmentSize
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Agency: 
Lifeline Publications
Date: 
2002
Pages: 
12
Summary: 
Fully illustrated brochure developed by Lifeline Publications in Manchester, UK, which gives practical advice on how to deal with an overdose of injection drugs. It contains an easy to read set of "do's and "don'ts" about how to handle someone who has overdosed, as well as step by step instructions on getting help (from determining if they are unconscious to putting them in the recovery position to calling an ambulance). The brochure also provides information on how to reduce the risk of overdose.
Keywords: 
IDU; injection drug use; injection drug users; UK; England; Britain; Lifeline Publications; overdose heroin; smack;