The number of rescues performed by Lake County law-enforcement officers with the opioid countermeasure naloxone increased last week when Lake County Sheriff’s deputies helped revive a reported heroin-overdose victim in unincorporated Lake Bluff.
According to information released Monday by sheriff’s officials, the incident took place March 27 when Deputy Michael Platt responded to a reported overdose on the 13600 block of Rockland Road. The report states that upon arrival, Platt found a 27-year-old man unresponsive and being administered CPR by family members.
“Platt immediately administered naloxone to (the victim) through an auto-injector that is issued to all patrol deputies,” the release stated, adding that the victim regained consciousness and was taken to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville for treatment.
Lake County joined more than 30 law-enforcement agencies around the region last fall in equipping its personnel with naloxone auto-injectors, which can be stuck into the thigh of an overdose victim to deliver a counteracting agent. To date, more than a half-dozen examples of officers deploying the drug to revive a victim have been reported.
In an unrelated medical emergency last week that apparently did not involve narcotics, two deputies reportedly teamed up to revive a 54-year-old man who was found unresponsive behind the counter of a gas station on the 41000 block of Route 59 in unincorporated Antioch.
Reports state that deputies James Yanecek and Mike Nudi used CPR and an automated external defibrillator (AED) to stabilize the victim until an Antioch Rescue Squad could arrive and take over treatment.
The statement added that the Antioch man was taken to St. Catherine’s Medical Center in Kenosha for continued treatment.
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