Staff at the Blanchet House went beyond the call of duty Tuesday when they rushed to help a man overdosing on the street.

They say their staff was eating lunch when an unconscious man was pulled from a tent across the street.

He appeared to be overdosing and his friends had already administered two doses of Narcan to no avail.

The Blanchet House staff member ran over and gave the man a third dose of Narcan. He began breathing again.

Two volunteer nurses also came out to help until medics from Portland Fire & Rescue could arrive.

They say needing several doses of Narcan to reverse an overdose has become the new normal.

"It's normal at this point, honestly. When we did Narcan training here onsite, we talk about that's the normal," said Jon Seibert, director of programs at Blanchet House. "Always walk in with a few doses available. That's the strength of the fentanyl that's on the streets right now. And even if you think you aren't getting fentanyl, it might be in there."

They added that when medics arrived, the first question they asked was how many doses of Narcan did the patient need?

According to the Oregon Health Authority, opioid overdose deaths in Oregon nearly tripled between 2019 and 2021, rising from 280 in 2019 to 745 in 2021.

Data for 2022 has not yet been finalized.