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:
West Babylon
Thursday July 14, 2016, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
West Babylon Fire
Department
126 Arnold Ave.
West Babylon, NY
11704
Prior to and in
addition to Narcan training, the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office and the
Suffolk County Police Department will present “The Ugly Truth,” a program
geared toward parents and teenagers regarding opioids.
RSVP:
Legislator Kevin McCaffrey’s office, 631-854-1100,
Hauppauge
Monday July 18, 2016, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Suffolk County
Department of Health Services,
Office of Health
Education
725 Veterans
Highway, Bldg. C-928 Hauppauge, NY 11788
RSVP:
Wanda Ortiz: wanda.ortiz@suffolkcountyny.gov
or (631) 853-4017
Learn more about the county’s
naloxone program; watch “Saving
One Life at a Time with Narcan at Suffolk’s Opioid Overdose Prevention Program.”
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