This is the shocking moment a California deputy trainee collapsed and nearly died after he was exposed to fentanyl.
Footage shows David Faiivae collapsing after he was exposed to the opioid while processing drugs during an arrest in San Marcos.
He was saved by his field training officer Corporal Scott Crane, who administered Narcan, a drug that reverses overdoses, and kept Faiivae breathing after the incident on July 3.
Crane later said: 'It's an invisible killer. He would've died in that parking lot if he was alone.'
Bodycam footage shows the pair processing drugs after an arrest before Crane advises Faiivae not to get too close to the suspected Fentanyl.
As Faiivae steps back he appears disorientated and collapses.
'I remember just not feeling great, and then I fell back. I don't remember anything after that', Faiivae said.
'I ran over to him and I grabbed him, and he was OD'ing,' Crane later said.
This is the shocking moment California deputy trainee David Faiivae collapsed and nearly died after he was exposed to fentanyl
Faiivae was saved by his field training officer Corporal Scott Crane, who administered Narcan, a drug that reverses overdoses, and kept Faiivae breathing after the incident on July 3
Faiivae was treated by emergency services and taken to hospital after the incident at the parking lot off North Twin Oaks Valley Road
Crane can be heard immediately radioing for help before administering a naloxone, known by the brand name Narcan, in Faiivae's nostrils.
'Just breathe buddy, breathe', Crane says, removing Faiivae's bulletproof vest from under his uniform.
He later recalled: 'I was trying to get him to focus on just breathing and because with fentanyl, you can't breathe.'
Faiivae said it was 'as though my lungs just locked up, I couldn't breathe. I was trying to gasp for breath but I couldn't breathe at all.'
Footage shows Crane holding Faiivae's head as they wait for medics to arrive, telling him 'talk to me'.
'I'm sorry... sorry', Faiivae says.
'Don't be sorry, there's nothing to be sorry about,' Crane says. 'I got you okay, I'm not going to let you die.'
Describing the harrowing scenes later, Crane said: 'I'm trying to not let him go. I wanted him to know he wasn't alone.
Footage shows the fire department arriving at the parking lot off North Twin Oaks Valley Road after 4pm and putting Faiivae onto a gurney.
'His eyes rolled back in his head and he started to OD again', Crane said. 'He was OD'ing all the way to the hospital.'
Faiivae later warned people do not 'realise the severity of just how deadly the opioid really is'.
Bodycam footage shows the pair processing drugs after an arrest before Crane advises Faiivae not to get too close to the suspected Fentanyl
As Faiivae steps back from the drugs he staggers and appears to be disorientated
Faiivae then collapses on the ground and Crane runs over to find the deputy trainee overdosing
Corporal Crane said Faiivae's 'eyes rolled back in his head' and he 'was OD'ing all the way to the hospital'
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