Today is International Overdose Awareness Day.

This year’s theme is “Recognizing those people who go unseen, ” such as family and friends, medical professionals, service providers and first responders.

Bruce Krentz with the Northern Health Region has more.

“The theme this year is recognizing those people who go on scene. Overdose touches a lot of people and communities in many ways and it honors people whose lives have been altered by overdose. That can be friends, and family who are grieving the loss of a loved one, it can be workers in health care, support services or even spontaneous first responders who selflessly assume the role of lifesaver.”

Signs of someone suffering an overdose include shallow or no breathing, unresponsiveness, inability to be woken up, making unusual snoring or gurgling sounds and a blue tinge to the finger tips.

If you see someone experiencing an overdose, call an ambulance and administer naloxone if it’s available, and put them in the recovery position.

Go to healthline.com to learn more about the recovery position.