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
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
Ronkonkoma
Wednesday July 27, 2016, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Ronkonkoma Fire
Dept.
177 Portion Rd.
Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
Please
pre-register by going to https://www.nysenate.gov/senators/thomas-d-croci
Please refer any
questions to 631-360-3356.
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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