Sumpter approves fire dept. procedure for Narcan

Township Board of Trustees approved the use of the anti-opiate Narcon (Naloxone) as a part of the fire department procedures.
Fire Chief Joseph Januszyk explained that when someone has overdosed with opiates the heart slows down. He said they will use a nasal injector and within a minute the heart starts up and the person wakes up.
Chief Januszyk said the State of Michigan approved a written policy on how this is applied to a patient.
He said they will exchange the used units for new units at Beaumont Wayne with a report on their use.
Trustee Don LaPorte, a fire fighter, said Narcon is absolutely amazing.
“It brings them back to life immediately,” Trustee LaPorte said. He said they put 2 cc in each nostril. He said HVA administers it intravenously.
Januszyk said he doesn’t know yet if Beaumont will charge the township.
He was asked if it brings anyone back to life and he said they have to have a heartbeat. He said children get 1 cc per nostril.
In other business at its Dec. 8 meeting, the board:
• Approved the second reading of the amended Caregiver Ordinance;
• Approved closing the township hall from Dec. 24 to Jan. 3 and approving employees’ time off. The treasurer’s office will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 31 for those who wish to pay their taxes this year;
• Approved the supervisor’s reappointment to the Board of Review of Jennifer Massel, Brenda Bukis, and Karen Woodington (alternate), with a term to expire January, 2018;
• Heard the Police Report from Chief James Pierce, including that no new medical marijuana caregivers had registered and that the medical marijuana files had been transferred to the clerk’s office;
• Heard Trustee Matthew Oddy say there’s a new device to test for alcohol and marijuana and the full testing should be done by April; and
• Heard Ross Marroso suggest that the township should telegraph what it would like to see concerning medical marijuana. He said there is a breath spray with zero THC that controls his niece’s seizures. He said there is “a potential of things we don’t know exist.”