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:
Westhampton
Beach
Wednesday, May 11,
2016, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Westhampton War
Memorial Ambulance Headquarters
3 Hazelwood Ave
Westhampton Beach,
NY 11978
RSVP
required: to register wwmaa@aol.com
Middle
Island
Friday, May 13,
2016, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Longwood Public
Library
800 Middle Country
Rd.
Middle Island, NY
11953
RSVP to Krystina Sconzo
at 631-207-0073 or sconzok@nysa.us
Riverhead
Sunday, May 22,
2016
Riverhead
Volunteer Ambulance Corps
1111 Osborne Ave.
Riverhead, NY 11901
Open House Event
Narcan
Training/dispensing sessions to occur on the hour at 12:00p.m, 1p.m, 2p.m, and
3p.m.
Maximum number of
attendees is 25 at each session.
RSVP Registration
to Brian Reilly at 516-741-2751 or info@commandlogic360.com
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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