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.”
Follow us
suffolkcountyny.gov
Facebook.com/SuffolkCountyHealthServices
Twitter.com/SuffolkCoHealth
To make sure that suffolkcountyny.gov
emails are not filtered into your “junk” or “bulk” folder, please add
suffolkcountyny.gov to your list of trusted senders.