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:
East Setauket
Thursday November 3, 2016, 6:00p.m. -7:00p.m.
Ward Melville High
School Cafeteria
380 Old Town Rd
East Setauket, NY
11733
RSVP Required to
the Office of Legislator Kara Hahn at (631) 854-1650 or Email address: Zach.Baum@suffolkcountyny.gov
Brightwaters
Monday November 14, 2016, 6:30p.m.-7:30p.m.
Bay
Shore-Brightwaters Library
1 South Country
Road
Brightwaters, NY
11718
RSVP by e-mail to
Kristy Evans at islipfam@gmail.com
Supported by
Kiwanis Club of The Islips & Bay Shore
Hauppauge
Monday November 14, 2016, 6:00p.m.-7:00p.m.
Suffolk County
Department of Health Services
Office of Health
Education
725 Veterans
Memorial Highway Building C-928
Hauppauge, NY
11788
RSVP To
631-853-4017 or 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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