Las Vegas officer’s quick thinking saves man’s life

A Las Vegas constabulary serviceman is credited with redeeming the beingness of a antheral who was overdosing connected drugs aboriginal Tuesday successful northeast Las Vegas.

Lt. David Gordon said astatine 12:25 a.m. the serviceman responded to a location adjacent the intersection of North Pecos and East Gowan roads for a study of “an big antheral who was successful cardiac arrest.”

The antheral officer, who’s sanction was not instantly released, rapidly realized the idiosyncratic was overdosing connected narcotics. The serviceman gave the antheral the opiod overdose antidote Narcan.

“Thankfully the antheral had a favorable response, regained consciousness, and was alert and talking anterior to being transported to the hospital,” Gordon wrote successful a text.

“According to aesculapian unit connected scene, the officer’s speedy and decisive actions to administer Narcan rather perchance saved the man’s life,” Gordon said.

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