Suffolk County Announces Narcan Training Classes
County Executive
Steve Bellone and Dr. James Tomarken, Commissioner of Health, are encouraging
residents to take advantage of scheduled “Opioid Overdose Prevention Program-Narcan
Training Classes.”
The training, which
meets New York State Department of Health requirements, will enable
participants to recognize an opioid overdose, administer intranasal Narcan and take
additional steps until EMS arrives. Participants will receive a certificate of
completion and an emergency resuscitation kit that includes nasal Narcan. Classes
will be held as follows:
Hauppauge
Monday, March 16, 2015, 6:00 p.m. –
7:00 p.m.
Office of Health
Education North County Complex
725 Veterans
Highway, Bldg. C928, Hauppauge, NY
Contact:
631-853-4017 or wanda.ortiz@suffolkcountyny.gov
Monday, April 20, 2015, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Office of Health
Education North County Complex
725 Veterans
Highway, Bldg. C928, Hauppauge, NY
Contact:
631-853-4017 or wanda.ortiz@suffolkcountyny.gov
Monday, May 18, 2015, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Office of Health
Education North County Complex
725 Veterans
Highway, Bldg. C928, Hauppauge, NY
Contact:
631-853-4017 or wanda.ortiz@suffolkcountyny.gov
Port
Jefferson – sponsored by Legislator Kara Hahn and the
Port Jefferson Rotary Club
Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 7:00 p.m. –
8:00 p.m.
Comsewogue Public
Library, 170 Terryville Road, Port Jefferson Station, NY
Contact:
Legislator Hahn’s office at 631-854-1650
Hope House Ministries
Monday, March 20, 2015, 6 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Hope House Ministries, 1 High St., Port Jefferson, NY
Register at https://pjvac.enrollware.com/enroll?id=622147. Call 631-928-2377 for information.
Kings Park – sponsored by Legislator Robert Trotta and Kings Park in the kNOw
Monday, April 20, 2015, 6:45 p.m. – 8:45 p.m.
Smithtown Library, 1 Church St., Kings Park, NY 11754
Contact: Susan Eckert 631-854-3900
Huntington – sponsored by Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (LICADD)
Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
South Huntington Public Library, 145 Pidgeon Hill Road, Huntington Station, NY 11746
RSVP to info@drugfreeli.org