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<br /> <br />Lexington Police <br />Department <br />Subject: Naloxone (Narcan) Administration <br /> <br /> <br />Policy Number: <br /> 48 Accreditation Standards: <br />Reference: Effective Date: <br />2/1/17 <br /> New <br /> Revised Revision <br />Dates: <br />1/24/19 <br /> <br />By Order of: Mark J. Corr, Chief of Police <br /> <br />GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS AND GUIDELINES <br /> <br />To establish guidelines regarding the utilization of nasal Naloxone in order to reduce the <br />number of fatalities which occur as a result of opiate overdose by the proper pre-hospital <br />administration of nasal Naloxone (brand named NARCAN). <br />The Lexington Police Department will train and equip its members to prepare for opiate <br />overdose emergencies. Where possible, the Lexington Fire Department will assist with <br />training, supply and replacement of nasal naloxone used by the Police Department. The <br />Department will keep and maintain a professional affiliation with a Medical Control <br />Physician (MCP) for medical oversight for the use and emergency administration of <br />naloxone. The MCP shall be licensed to practice Medicine within the Commonwealth of <br />Massachusetts and, at his or her discretion, may make recommendations to the policy, <br />oversight and administration of the nasal naloxone program. <br /> <br />A. DEFINITIONS: <br /> <br />1. Opiate - An opiate is any controlled substance containing or compounded to be a <br />derivative of morphine, morphine sulfate. The term opiate describes any of the <br />narcotic opioid alkaloids found as natural products in the opium poppy plant, <br />papaver somniferum. Commonly encountered opiates in police service include <br />heroin, morphine, oxycontin, percocet, and percodan. <br /> <br />2. Naloxone - Naloxone is an opioid antagonist drug. Naloxone is a drug used to <br />counter the effects of opiate overdose. Naloxone is specifically used to counteract <br />life threatening depression of the central nervous system and respiratory system. <br />It is marketed under various trademarks including Narcan, Nalone, and Narcanti, <br />and has sometimes been mistakenly called "naltrexate". It is not to be confused <br />with naltrexone, an opioid receptor antagonist with qualitatively different effects, <br />used for dependence treatment rather than emergency overdose treatment. <br />3. Medical Control Physician (MCP) – The Medical Control Physician (MCP), shall <br />be a designated Medical Doctor who is licensed to practiced medicine in <br />Massachusetts. The Lexington Police Department shall maintain an affiliation with