It feels so good to not be alone. I cooked my brain pretty good and I had learn a lot of stuff again but I am glad to be here.

I recently lost a son to a drug overdose and resultant anoxic brain injury. I'm finding it both painful but also enlightening to learn through this video that rescue breathing could have saved his life. Unfortunately for my boy he overdosed in a place where he either wasn't found by anyone or those who found him didn't care or just didn't know what to do. By the time paramedics had arrived and administered Narcan his brain had been w/o oxygen for too long. He died in the hospital just days later. Since he had previously overdosed several times before, this video helped me understand why he likely couldn't stop relapsing even though it seemed he had turned a corner before through rehab and incarceration. Thank you for producing this information and for the kind hearted people who are working on the front lines with addicts. Their lives matter and you are making a difference.

More people working in Addictions Counseling need to educated on this - because we aren't. And these brain injuries are affecting a significant portion of our patients in long term treatment and/or medication management, we cannot help the person if we don't understand the brain that we are working with

In cases of severe brain injury is it really smart to reanimate the patient,both in terms of cost to society and the family but most importantly the patient who must live life in such a reduced state.

This has happened to my youngest brother! Last year, he overdosed on heroin, and now, he's got an anoxic brain injury, and he can't walk, see, and his short-term memory is gone.

Now do a report on the intractable chronic pain patients who have been lumped in with the addicts and now have no pain control and no quality of life. People who previously were able to work, sleep, shower, socialize and have some quality of life, were not just cutoff, but finding a doctor who will treat you is practically impossible!

They need to start caring what happens after !!! My bro is now suffering a brain injury and may never be the same again ..

My brother has also experienced global hypoxic brain injuury.... Its been a month now Only he can open his eyes but limited look around movement.. He can move his lips a little.. And he also yawns Its been a week he is breathing on his own initially was put on a ventilator I want to know about his future

Oxycontin for a headache that's insane

Well I'm glad this video to show over doses and if u make it this is what people have to look forward to of brain injuries absolutely so sad

good grief this is so horrific i feel like crying.

Overdose and brain injury can happen to anybody at any time. Audience wishes those grievously afflicted the very best. Cheers!

I find this video interesting, not only to help with my own understanding of those addicted to drugs, where I try to stay close to lines of patience and understanding without being too judgmental with those suffering from substance abuse, my low level of tolerance and lack of patience mostly resides with those who hold themselves out as professionals who are clearly lacking in knowledge and empathy for others. It is difficult to watch your own children suffer from substance abuse. It is hard accepting where this country stands, in recognizing that there is no real help out there, people in communities idlely standby and allow things to transpire, manifest into situations that involve death. I strongly believe if the government reversed their robe and gave more finding to communities with proven track records shown in low occurrences in various forms of death and related crimes instead of funding based on increased numbering, positive changes who occur rapidly. The government funding model is all wrong.

Thankyou very valuable information for everybody be they user , health professional, support worker or member of the public.

I'm in the state of my life where I can't tell if I'm having trouble because of a possible brain damage from companies lying about their products, or if life is just THAT stressful and I'm reaching my limit in a way that I can't control. I keep thinking a pure oxygen (medical grade) breathing treatment can help teach my brain to accept more oxygen and therefore think better. When you smoke, yoy may be teaching your brain bad habits like "hey you don't need this much oxygen" when you do. So an oxygen treatment sounds like therapy for the brain where you tell it "Hey. You DO need oxygen.".

Two lives destroyed

IM curious how much brain damage I have after 3 overdoes and being dead pissed myself eyes rolled back lips blue

I have had three overdoses where I was dead and brought back to life I wonder how much damage I have done

Just wondering who pays for the cost of all this?!

These "experts " are not experts ! It's just "cognitive dissonance." No. No it's called addiction .I understand EMT's are not trained on addiction so they don't know what they're talking about , why don't you ask somebody in recovery how hard it is instead of asking the EMT's who reluctantly respond to every overdose call and and are dismissive. 0 compassion. That lady clearly isn't there to help those who are struggling she's there to get a paycheck.

I’ll be completing my advance directive that will include ending my life, there’s no way that I want to live tied to a machine nothing but a burden. 0 quality of life. #sorrynotsorry 🤞 best of luck to these families

LAW ENFORCEMENT, NEEDS 2 STEP UP!! RESEARCH,ON THE DRUGIES= FRIEND=ANOTHER FRIEND=DRUG DEALER??? PLEASE, FIGHT 4 YOUR FAMILY !!!

Question, where was all this concern when black folk were caught up in The Crack Epidemic?

With upmost respect, Narcan should not even be available for overdose patients. If Narcan was not available, I think the drug use in people would decrease.