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Calgary business owner advocates for harm reduction after preventing drug overdose
Career brewmaster and business owner Christina Owczarek was walking in downtown Calgary after an event on Tuesday night and noticed a unconscious man.
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Without hesitation she stopped to help.
“He was laying down, just over the top of the parking barricade. I used the CPR mask that was in my naloxone kit. He was able to come to,” Owczarek said.
“As soon as the sirens were heard — he must have been alerted to them — he stood up.”
Alberta Health Services reviewed the call and said an ambulance arrived within minutes.
But overall, officials acknowledge there has been a steady increase in calls for ambulances, contributed in part to drug overdoses.
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“EMS came down — it was the last available car they had.
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We had the person responsive by the time they arrived. They had another call where someone was not breathing. So because we had alre