ABINGDON, Md. (AP) — First responders in Maryland have been treated for overdose symptoms after possibly being exposed to opioids during a call.
The Baltimore Sun said a Harford County Sheriff’s Office deputy and two emergency medical providers responded to a reported overdose Friday night at a home roughly 25 miles (40 kilometers) northeast of Baltimore.
Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Criste Kahler says the deputy began to suddenly feel ill and dizzy and had a rapid heart rate. On-scene EMS personnel administered the opioid-reversing drug Narcan.
A county volunteer fire spokesman says the two emergency providers were treated for varied symptoms, but not given Narcan.
Kahler says preliminary tests indicate they were potentially exposed to heroin and fentanyl, but how hasn’t been determined.
All have been released from a Bel Air hospital.
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Information from: The Baltimore Sun, https://www.baltimoresun.com
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