Introduction
In this brief news report, frontline workers discuss their personal and professional experiences with addiction and what it has been like to respond to an overdose during the opioid crisis. They talk about their loved one’s addiction and how this impacted their ability to help others. However, they also talk about the importance of recognizing compassion fatigue.
KMOV St. Louis posted this video as a follow-up to ‘Contaminated: The Fentanyl Crisis in St. Louis‘
Quotes
“In this special report, we put a spotlight on those working the frontlines and show the consequences that we are left with.”
“Addiction takes the things that we love most about the people we love and pushes them so far down that you forget that they are there.”
“Becoming an ER nurse has helped me see what people in our community are suffering from.”
“I think stigma is killing people more than people realize.”
“Fentanyl is what we’re seeing all the time and it’s more deadly, it’s more prevalent, it’s cheap.”
“I have to tell someone the thing you love is gone and there’s not a thing I can do about it.”
CHRIS THOMPSON, PARAMEDIC SUPERVISOR
“It’s in every community, it’s in every neighbourhood. I’ve never seen anything like that and there’s no end in sight for it.”
“Constantly responding to overdoses takes a toll in First Responders.”
“When I took this job, I got it because I knew I wanted to help people and the people in this city need the help.”
“Being in the substance abuse treatment field has been one of the best ways I’ve learned to cope with my grief.”
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Opioid Crisis
- California’s Opioid Crisis
- Facts About Naltrexone [PDF]
- Fentanyl: America’s Grim New Opioid Addiction
- How America Got Hooked
- How Do Opiates Affect the Nervous System?
- How Drugs Hijack Your Brain’s Mu Opioid Receptors
- Opioid Addiction (CAMH)
- Opioid Overdose (WHO)
- Opioids & the Body: The Science Of An Overdose
- The Impact of the Deadly Fentanyl ‘Plague’ on One American City
- The Opioid Crisis in Canada: A National Perspective
- Understanding the Opioid Overdose Epidemic
- What Led to the Opioid Crisis – and How to Fix It
Talking to Kids About Drugs
- 8 Tips for Talking to Kids About Drugs
- Do’s and Don’ts: Talking to Your Kids About Drugs
- How to Have a Conversation About Drugs and Alcohol with Your Kids
- How to Talk to Kids About Drugs in the Age of Fentanyl
- How to Talk to Young Children About Alcoholism and Drug Addiction
- How to Talk to Your Child About Drugs (Ages 6 to 8)
- How to Talk to Kids About Drugs
- How to Talk to Kids About Drugs
- Prepare Yourself to Talk Effectively
- Talking to Teens about Drugs: Found in Reverse Translation?
- Teens and Drugs: 5 Tips for Talking with Your Kids
- The Domino Effect: Youth and Substance Abuse
- Why You Should Talk with Your Child About Alcohol and Other Drugs
- You Did Drugs. What Do You Tell Your Kids When They Ask?
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