Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism: TICs & TIMs

Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism
Training Support Package
Participant Guide
Slide 23
In some cases, simply providing ventilation is sufficient, and the administration of
naloxone may not be necessary. The reason that opioids and most other sedatives kill is
respiratory depression (assuming you are not driving a car or standing on the ledge of a
cliff). Thus breathing for the person, either with mouth to mouth or by way of a bagvalve-mask
as in the picture, is generally sufficient to save their life. Realize that you
may have to ventilate for hours after exposure to some long acting sedative agents.
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