The man was still, mouth open, head back in a white Crown Victoria stalled in the middle of a neighborhood street.
A paramedic pushed a flexible tube in the man's vein to pump in lifesaving naloxone to block the effects of whatever opioid he had taken and, if all worked well, revive him. Routine work. A little girl stopped her bicycle, clutching a melting red ice pop as she watched.
"This is just normal for her," said David Geiger, director of Covington Emergency Medical Services, nodding toward the child.
It's also normal for him and countless other first responders across the country, who are tiring of the unrelenting stream of overdoses.