Customs and Border Protection emergency medical technicians recently saved a passenger’s life by administering two doses of Narcan to the unconscious woman outside Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport, according to CBP officials.
The woman was then transported to Jamaica Hospital Medical Center for further monitoring and care.
The ordeal began at 5:48 p.m., when Port Authority Police informed CBP that an unconscious woman was on the sidewalk outside Terminal 4. PAPD requested that CBP emergency medical technicians respond with Narcan. At 5:59 p.m., the EMTs administered the two doses of Narcan, resulting in the woman regaining consciousness.
According to the Mayo Clinic, naloxone (Narcan) nasal spray is used for emergency treatment of an opioid overdose or possible overdose.
CBP started training officers as EMTs in 2019. Currently, there are 368 CBP officers that are also certified EMTs; four as advanced EMTs; and 13 as paramedics.
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The passenger received two doses of Narcan outside Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
