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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. The classes will take place as follows:

 

 

Sag Harbor

            Narcan Training and Prescription Medication Disposal

Tuesday, August 9, 2016, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Sag Harbor Fire Department Headquarters

1357 Brick Kiln Rd

Sag Harbor, NY 11963

RSVP required to Legislator Bridget Fleming’s Office

631-852 8400 or Paul.Brady@suffolkcountyny.gov



Hauppauge

Monday August 15, 2016, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Suffolk County Dept. of Health Services,

Office of Health Education

725 Veterans Highway, Bldg. C-928 Hauppauge, NY 11788

RSVP To Wanda Ortiz: wanda.ortiz@suffolkcountyny.gov

Wednesday August 31, 2016, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Hauppauge Library

601 Veterans Memorial Highway

Hauppauge, NY 11788

RSVP required to wmiller@hauppaugelibrary.org or 631-979-1600

           

 Learn more about the program; watch “Saving One Life at a Time with Narcan at Suffolk’s Opioid Overdose Prevention Program.”

 

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