According to the Gazette, a family member found an unresponsive girl who had not yet been identified in the room near Beechview in Pittsburgh on Wednesday at 6 pm. It was reported that several heroin pockets were found nearby
The family was CPR at the age of 11 until the caregiver arrived. Nurses manage Narcan, preventing opioid effects on girls and resurrected her.
She was taken to hospital and was said to be in a state of emergency on Thursday.
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The investigator later found the heroin in the room, at least one stamp opened. The girl's sister told the Gazette that her family did not know that 11-year-olds were using heroin, even where they were getting drugs.
It was reported that the girl was a sixth grader at Nanshan Middle School.
Over the past eight years Allegheny County has been on the rise in the number of deaths. According to OverdoseFreePA.org, 616 cases reported excessive deaths in 2016, nearly doubling from the previous year.
Naloxone is widely used as an emergency treatment in drug overdose. FDA-approved drugs help restore patient breathing in 2 to 8 minutes.
