Royal Oak Officers Revive St. Clair Shores Man

ROYAL OAK, MI — A 36-year-old St. Clair Shores man has his life thanks to a pair of Royal Oak police officers. An officer responded to a call of an unconscious man not breathing in the front yard of a home in the 1100 block of Hoffman at about 12:30 Monday, according to police reports.

The officer was informed that the man could be suffering from a drug overdose. When he saw that the man wasn’t breathing, the Royal Oak police officer began CPR and administered Narcan.

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A second officer arrived moments later and helped with CPR. Narcan is an anti-opioid medication carried by all Royal Oak patrol officers and used to reverse the effects of opioid-based substances such as heroin if administered in a timely fashion, Royal Oak police said in a news release.

As officers continued with treatment, the St. Clair Shores man began to breathe on his own and his condition improved. He was then turned over to paramedics and transported to a local hospital for further care. Police said his expected to fully recover.

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