The number of EMS calls for a possible opioid overdose has drastically risen in Pierce County since 2020.

Pierce County emergency medical services calls: possible opioid overdoses

The number of responding calls involving a possible opioid overdose, defined by Washington state as a call where an EMS provider indicated an opioid overdose or Naloxone -- medication that reverses an opioid overdose -- was administered and improved the patient's condition.