‘The trend that we’re seeing in this group of overdoses is that it is unusually deadly,’ Dr. Heidi Abraham says
Austin, Texas, saw an “unusually deadly” surge of more than 60 opioid overdoses between Monday and Wednesday, resulting in nine people dying and several others being rescued with Narcan, according to officials.
At about 9 a.m. on Monday, Austin-Travis County EMS personnel began responding to a sudden surge in opioid-related overdose calls.
Dispatchers received a series of calls in the downtown area, resulting in a rapid response team that included the Austin-Travis County EMS team and others, being deployed to downtown Austin.
Tags: Fentanyl Naloxone Opioid Epidemic Overdose Safety Alert Surge
