Overdose death of University of Victoria student sparks call to action on B.C.’s postsecondary campuses

British Columbia postsecondary institutions will introduce measures to prevent overdoses, which include distributing and implementing training standards for a medication that reverses the effects of opioids, after the on-campus death of a University of Victoria student sparked calls to action.

Jennifer Whiteside, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions, said Tuesday her ministry is working to make intranasal naloxone more readily available and adding CPR training as a mandatory lesson in high schools. On a website created to shed light on the circumstances surrounding her death, her parents provided a timeline that said campus security, trained in CPR and carrying intranasal naloxone, responded in about 3.5 minutes – enough time to save her – but failed to take action soon enough.

Another 18-year-old who collapsed alongside Ms. McIntyre-Starko and a third student who was impaired on fentanyl, survived, she wrote. “They made every effort, within their areas of expertise and training, to save Sidney’s life. These efforts didn’t save Sidney’s life, but they did save the life of another student that night.”

“Imagine you’re walking through a campus building and you pass a fire extinguisher mounted to a wall: It’s a reliable device, ready to save lives in the event of a fire,” said Cole Reinbold, the student federation’s secretary-treasurer.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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