Officers Kenneth Larsen and Daniel Abbatemarco were part of both first aid calls.
HIGHTSTOWN -- Patrol officers equipped with drug-reversal kits saved two people from opioid overdoes in the same work shift Sunday, Hightstown police said.
The first incident occurred at about 9:30 a.m. at the residence of a 37-year-old male.
Officers Kenneth Larsen and Daniel Abbatemarco found the man in cardiac arrest next to evidence of heroin use, police said.
The officers performed CPR and gave him a 2-milligram dose of Nalaxone in his nasal passage, which revived him.
The man was taken to a local hospital and later released, police said.
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At 6:20 p.m. Larsen, Abbatemarco and Officer Philip Esposito responded to another residence and found 26-year-old man outside, unresponsive and gasping for breath, police said.
The officers gave the man oxygen and again administered a 2-milligram dose of Naloxone. The man did not immediately respond, and a local ambulance squad and paramedica, who took him to a local hospital.
The man regained consciousness at the hospital, and is recovering, police said. He also overdosed on heroin.
In October 2014, every police patrol vehicle in Mercer County was equipped with naloxone as part of a program administered by the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office, and funded by money from the state Attorney General's office's drug arrest seizure fund.
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