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:
Central Islip
Friday September 16, 2016, 6:30p.m. -7:30p.m.
Central Islip
Library
33 Hawthorne Ave
Central Islip, NY
11722
RSVP
required register (631) 234-9333 Ext 116 or 117
Hauppauge
Monday September 19, 2016, 6:00p.m.-7:30p.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
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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