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:

Amagansett

Monday, January 30, 2017, 6:00p.m. -7:30p.m.

Scoville Hall/First Presbyterian Church

17 Meeting House Lane

Amagansett, NY 11730

RSVP required before January 24^th to mnarvilas@headwatersorigins.com or 561-234-0326

Farmingville

Tuesday February 28, 2017, 6:30p.m. -7:30p.m.

Farmingville Fire Department

780 Horseblock Road

Farmingville, NY 11738

RSVP required before February 20^th to 631-732-6611ext.717 or jkern@farmingvillefd.org

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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