Blanchet House staff help save man experiencing drug overdose

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Some of the staff at Blanchet House are being hailed as heroes after their quick actions helped save the life of a man overdosing.

The staff members were having lunch when an unconscious man was pulled out of a nearby tent.

The nonprofit said the man's friend had already administered two doses of Narcan, which reverses an opioid overdose, when a staff member rushed over with a third dose and revived him. Two volunteer nurses then stepped in to assist.