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:
Patchogue
Thursday September 29, 2016, 6:30p.m.-7:30p.m.
North Patchogue
Fire Dept.
33 Davidson Ave.
Patchogue, NY 11772
Pre-registration
required on line
https://www.nysenate.gov/questionnaires/thomas-d-croci/free-narcan-training-event
Or call
631-360-3356.
Centereach
Tuesday October 4, 2016, 6:30p.m.-7:30p.m.
Centereach Fire
Dept.
9 South Washington
Ave. Centereach, NY 11720
Pre-registration
required
RSVP To AKingdon@centereachfiredistrict.org
Hauppauge
Monday October 17, 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 631-853-4017
or Wanda Ortiz: wanda.ortiz@suffolkcountyny.gov
Farmingville
Tuesday October 25, 2016, 6:30p.m. -7:30p.m.
Town of Brookhaven
Offices
2nd
Floor Cafeteria
1 Independence
Hill
Farmingville, NY
11738
RSVP required to
Amy Gironda
Jillimax04@yahoo.com or 631-451-8011
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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