Inquest rules B.C. student’s overdose death accidental, recommends naloxone training
BURNABY — A coroner’s jury in British Columbia has recommended high schools provide resuscitation training and demonstrations of how to use naloxone after ruling that the overdose death of a University of Victoria student last year was accidental.
The inquest found 18-year-old Sidney McIntyre-Starko died of brain injuries caused by a lack of oxygen after fentanyl use.
The jury made 10 recommendations, including the training of high school students and that the University of Victoria