Doctors and experts are weighing in on fentanyl overdoses after 10 people were hospitalized on Friday night in Adams County. The experts WLWT spoke with are not affiliated with the Adams County Jail in any way."I can see the fear, but if we can temper that fear down with what's reality, we can work in the middle. We can find exactly the best way to respond to this," Newtown chief of police, Tom Synan said.Experts are trying to set the record straight about the lethal street drug, fentanyl. "The science and research is showing that we have not seen a confirmed case of what we would call an accidental exposure," Synan said. "Again, part of it's because it's not testing but when there has been testing, it has not shown that there was fentanyl in the system."On Friday night, according to the chief deputy, two inmates overdosed in a cell and were administered Narcan before being taken to the hospital. Both were released Friday night, according to the department.In addition, two male corrections officers, one bailiff, one female corrections officer, one female probation officer and three paramedics all reportedly developed symptoms and were hospitalized Friday. According to officials, some have since been released and others are under observation at the hospital.According to the Adams County sheriff, everyone who was sent to the hospital has been released."A lethal dose can fit on the end of the pencil," licensed professional counselor at Restoring Hope Counseling and Coaching, Nathan McGee, said.McGee has seen the effects fentanyl can have."It's a pretty low chances that you would die from just skin exposure. Most of the time, it's going to be inhaled or injected or ingested to the mouth," McGee said.Experts agree about the impacts of fentanyl. It's how someone can overdose that law enforcement and doctors say is causing confusion."The only way that you could truly have an overdose or get fentanyl into your system is by ingesting it and so that would be an intentional action and so, I mean people who use fentanyl usually inject it or snort it," medical toxicologist and addiction and emergency physician, Dr. Ryan Marino said.Some symptoms of a fentanyl overdose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention include falling asleep, slow, weak, or no breathing, choking or gurgling sounds. If you see this happening to someone, you should call 911.
Doctors and experts are weighing in on fentanyl overdoses after 10 people were hospitalized on Friday night in Adams County.
The experts WLWT spoke with are not affiliated with the Adams County Jail in any way.
"I can see the fear, but if we can temper that fear down with what's reality, we can work in the middle. We can find exactly the best way to respond to this," Newtown chief of police, Tom Synan said.
Experts are trying to set the record straight about the lethal street drug, fentanyl.
"The science and research is showing that we have not seen a confirmed case of what we would call an accidental exposure," Synan said. "Again, part of it's because it's not testing but when there has been testing, it has not shown that there was fentanyl in the system."
On Friday night, according to the chief deputy, two inmates overdosed in a cell and were administered Narcan before being taken to the hospital. Both were released Friday night, according to the department.
In addition, two male corrections officers, one bailiff, one female corrections officer, one female probation officer and three paramedics all reportedly developed symptoms and were hospitalized Friday. According to officials, some have since been released and others are under observation at the hospital.
According to the Adams County sheriff, everyone who was sent to the hospital has been released.
"A lethal dose can fit on the end of the pencil," licensed professional counselor at Restoring Hope Counseling and Coaching, Nathan McGee, said.
McGee has seen the effects fentanyl can have.
"It's a pretty low chances that you would die from just skin exposure. Most of the time, it's going to be inhaled or injected or ingested to the mouth," McGee said.
Experts agree about the impacts of fentanyl. It's how someone can overdose that law enforcement and doctors say is causing confusion.
"The only way that you could truly have an overdose or get fentanyl into your system is by ingesting it and so that would be an intentional action and so, I mean people who use fentanyl usually inject it or snort it," medical toxicologist and addiction and emergency physician, Dr. Ryan Marino said.
Some symptoms of a fentanyl overdose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention include falling asleep, slow, weak, or no breathing, choking or gurgling sounds. If you see this happening to someone, you should call 911.
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