Step 1: CHECK if you suspect an overdose.
- Check for a suspected overdose.
- Yell "Wake Up!"
- Shake the person gently.
- If the person is not awake, go to Step 2.
Step 2: GIVE first dose in the nose.
- Hold the nasal spray device with your thumb on the bottom of the plunger.
- Insert the nozzle into either nostril.
- Press the plunger firmly to give the first dose.
- 1 nasal spray device contains 1 dose.
Step 3: CALL
- Call 911 immediately after giving the first dose.
Step 4: WATCH & GIVE
- Wait 2-3 minutes after the first dose to give the medicine time to work.
- If the person wakes up, go to Step 5.
- If the person does not wake up, continue to give doses every 2-3 minutes until the person wakes up.
- It is safe to keep giving doses.
Step 5: STAY
- Stay until ambulance arrives, even if the person wakes up.
- Give another dose if the person becomes very sleepy again.
- You may need to give all the doses in the pack.
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