Nurse hailed a hero for saving a man’s life from heroin overdose in Walgreens parking lot

A Wisconsin nurse saved the life of man who overdosed on heroin in a Walgreens parking lot.

Donna Davis, a licensed practical nurse, made a last-minute decision to drop by o one of the Milwaukee stores on March 8 after she had forgotten to buy something.

That’s when she heard a woman screaming and saw a man slumped in the front seat of a car, reported Fox 6 News.

After the woman told Davis that the man had taken heroin, she immediately gave him a shot of Narcan and began performing CPR until the man began breathing again. 

Now, the mother-of-one is calling on others to become certified in CPR in case of a medical emergency when there isn’t a health professional around to save someone’s life.   

Donna Davis, (pictured), a licensed practical nurse, was in a Walgreens parking lot in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on March 8 when she heard a woman screaming

Davis saw a man slumped over in the driver's seat of a car and pulled his body onto the concrete. Pictured: Davis performing CPR on the man

The woman with him told Davis he had overdose on heroin. Pictured: Davis performing CPR on the man

Davis saw a man slumped over in the driver’s seat of a car and pulled his body onto the concrete. The woman with him told Davis he had overdose on heroin. Pictured: Davis performing CPR on the man 

The nurse asked for a passer-by to get naloxone, which is used to treat and reverse the effects of narcotic overdoses. Someone brought Narcan from the Walgreens, which Davis sprayed in the man's nostrils. Pictured: Davis performing CPR on the man

The nurse asked for a passer-by to get naloxone, which is used to treat and reverse the effects of narcotic overdoses. Someone brought Narcan from the Walgreens, which Davis sprayed in the man’s nostrils. Pictured: Davis performing CPR on the man

Davis told Fox 6 that the Walgreens where the incident occurred isn’t the one she normally goes to, but she stopped quickly because she needed something.

From her truck, she heard a woman screaming in a nearby vehicle and assumed a kid was locked inside. Instead, she saw a man slumped over in the driver’s seat. 

‘He had no color, no pulse, nothing,’ Davis said. ‘He didn’t look like he was breathing.’

She ran over to the vehicle and pulled the man’s body from the car onto the concrete and asked the woman who was with him what had happened.  

‘I said: “I’m a nurse. Is there something that he has taken?” And she slowly whispered to me: “Heroin”,’ said Davis. 

The nurse asked for a passer-by to get naloxone, which is used to treat and reverse the effects of narcotic overdoses. 

Someone brought Narcan, an FDA-approved nasal form of the medicine, from Walgreens, which Davis sprayed in the man’s nostrils.   

Right after that, Davis began performing CPR while another woman called 911.

‘When you’re doing those chest compressions, it takes a lot out of you,’ she told Fox 6 News. ‘I was exhausted, honestly. I was exhausted, but I knew I couldn’t stop.’

In a video taken by a passer-by, Davis is seen administering the Narcan and doing chest compressions. After about three minutes, she finds a pulse.  

‘He took this loud gasp of air and, when I looked down at him, I immediately saw his face turn more flushed, like a red color, and at that point I knew he was breathing again,’ she said. 

‘I dropped my head again and said: “Thank God”.’

After about three minutes, the man had a pulse and began breathing again. Pictured: Davis feeling for a pulse

When the man asked Davis what happened, she replied: 'You were dead!' Pictured: Davis after the man began breathing again

After about three minutes, the man had a pulse and began breathing again. When the man asked Davis what happened, she replied: ‘You were dead!’ Pictured: Davis feeling for a pulse, left, and after the man began breathing again, right

Davis (pictured) said the man later thanked her and asked if he could hug her. She said she hopes that others are encouraged to learn CPR themselves

Davis (pictured) said the man later thanked her and asked if he could hug her. She said she hopes that others are encouraged to learn CPR themselves

In the video, the man is seen lying on the ground with his nose bleeding and he asks Davis what happened.  

‘And I’m like: “You were dead!”‘ she said.

As first responders arrive on the scene, the man sits in his car and insists that he’s fine.

Off-camera Davis can be heard saying: ‘He’s got to get some help. This is too scary. This is the second time I’ve had to do that to somebody.’ 

The original video, which was live-streamed on Instagram and then shared on Facebook, has more than 15,800 reactions and has been shared more than 29,600 times.

Davis told Fox 6 that the man later thanked her and asked if he could hug her. She said she hopes that he’s learned a lesson and that others are encouraged to learn CPR themselves. 

‘At the end of the day, I was only trying to do the right thing, and I would do it again for anybody,’ she said.   

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