Minor effects include dizziness, drowsiness, headache, sleepiness, nausea and vomiting.įor more information on how partners from across York Region are working together to reduce opioid harms, read the Opioid Action Plan here. Symptoms of an overdose include slow, irregular and shallow respirations, pinpoint pupils, muscle rigidity, seizures and unconsciousness leading to coma. York Regional Police are reminding the community that street drugs can contain other drugs that could be life threatening and the user may not know what they are actually ingesting until it’s too late. He was found to have cocaine on him at the time, according to police. He was transported to hospital where he later died. On Saturday, another male was found unresponsive in a bus shelter in Vaughan. Police learned both victims attended the same party in the area of Beverley Glen Boulevard and Dufferin Street and had also taken cocaine believed to be laced with fentanyl. In miosis, the diameter of the pupil is less than 2 millimeters (mm), or. Sunday, officers responded to two additional overdose calls in Vaughan. Causes Symptoms Diagnosis Treatment Outlook Overview Miosis means excessive constriction (shrinking) of your pupil. One of the incidents involved cocaine that police believe was laced with fentanyl.īetween midnight Saturday and 1 a.m. Pinpoint pupils due to pontine hemorrhages may result from sympathetic pathway. The nurse makes which correct statement a.

A student asks about the actions of these drugs in the central nervous system. There were three occurrences of suspected fentanyl overdoses in Newmarket and Georgina, police said in a news release. Signs of trauma, evidence of recent epilepsy crises (tongue lesions. 1 / 13 Flashcards Learn Test Match Created by haleymmeyer Terms in this set (13) A nurse is discussing the use of benzodiazepines as sedative-hypnotic agents with a group of nursing students. Sometimes an opiate overdose can lead to such a decreased level of consciousness such that the person will not wake up.

Other symptoms include seizures and muscle spasms.

York Regional Police are warning the public about the dangers of fentanyl after a death and five overdoses over the long weekend. Opiate overdose symptoms and signs can be referred to as the 'opioid toxidrome triad': decreased level of consciousness, pinpoint pupils and respiratory depression.

Pinpoint pupils and seizures