Training includes
administration of intranasal naloxone
County Executive Steve Bellone and Dr. James
Tomarken, Commissioner of Health, are encouraging residents to take advantage
of scheduled Opioid Overdose Prevention Classes.
The training, which meets New York State Department
of Health requirements, will enable participants to recognize an opioid
overdose, administer intranasal naloxone and take additional steps until EMS
arrives. Participants will receive a certificate of completion and an emergency
resuscitation kit that includes nasal naloxone. The classes will take place as
follows:
Community
Drug Awareness and Opioid Overdose Prevention
In
conjunction with NYS Assemblyman Anthony H. Palumbo and Southold Town
Supervisor Scott Russell
Thursday
May 10, 2018
7:00 p.m.
– 8:00 p.m.
Peconic Recreation
Center
970
Peconic Lane
Peconic,
NY 11958
RSVP
required to denisn@southoldtownny.gov
Or
call 631-765-5806
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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