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.
The classes will
take place, as follows:
Rocky Point
Tuesday, October 27, 2015, 7:30 p.m. –
8:30 p.m.
Rocky Point Middle
School Library
82 Rocky Point -Yaphank
Road, Rocky Point, NY 11778
RSVP on or before
October 26, 2015 to 631-854-1600 or Amy.Ellis@suffolkcountyny.gov
Sponsored by
Suffolk County Legislator Sarah Anker and
North Shore Youth
Council & Rocky Point School District
Wading River
Thursday, November 12, 2015, 6:30 p.m.
– 7:30 p.m.
St. John the
Baptist Church Parish Hall
1488 North Country
Road Wading River, NY 11792
RSVP on or before
Monday, November 9, 2015 to 631-838-8582 or Laurasov@yahoo.com
Sponsored by the
Dying to Live Organization
Hauppauge
Monday, November 23, 2015, 6:00 p.m. –
7:30 p.m.
Office of Health
Education North County Complex
725 Veterans
Highway, Bldg. C928, Hauppauge, NY 11787
Contact: RSVP as soon as possible to 631-853-4017 or wanda.ortiz@suffolkcountyny.gov
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