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:
Hauppauge
Tuesday April 05, 2016, 3:00 p.m. – 4:30
p.m.
Suffolk County
Dept. of Health Services,
Office of
Education
725 Veterans
Highway, Bldg. C-928 Hauppauge, NY 11788
RSVP
To Wanda Ortiz: wanda.ortiz@suffolkcountyny.gov
Sayville
Thursday April 07, 2016, 6:00 p.m. –
7:00 p.m.
Community
Ambulance Company of Sayville
Headquarters
420 Lakeland Ave.
Sayville,
RSVP through http://croci.nysenate.gov
Or
call: 631-360-3356
Port Jefferson
Thursday April 14, 2016, 10:00 a.m.
Hope House
Ministries Human Services Center
1313 Main Street
Port Jefferson, NY 11777
Register at: https://pjvac.enrollware.com/enroll?id=1090773
or Call 631-473-0553 for more info.
Learn more about the program; watch
“Saving One Life at a
Time with Narcan at Suffolk’s Opioid Overdose Prevention Program.”