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  1. The seriousness of your condition is why they were more aggressive compared to a normal opiate OD. If they had arrived on scene even a few minutes later, in all likelihood you would have died. In a typical OD, the patient has decreased respirations and is unresponsive due to the lack of oxygen. In that case, EMS would start breathing for you with a bvm and give narcan either IV, IM, or IN and you'd wake up and be fine in a few minutes. You had progressed to the point where you we're already in cardiac arrest. So at that point, they cut off your clothes to put defibrillator pads on and check for injuries since you were lying in the street (they don't know if you were hit by a car). The broken ribs are fairly common after CPR because they need to push 2 inches deep in your chest for the compressions to work. In a cardiac arrest they usually start an IO because it's quicker plus heroin addicts typically don't have very good veins. The IO allowed them to give you Narcan faster and its also a quicker way to give cardiac meds to restart your heart. Hope that helps.
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