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
Monday February 06, 2017, 6:30p.m. -7:30p.m.
Westhampton Beach
Fire Department
92 Sunset Ave.
Westhampton Beach,
NY 11978
RSVP required
before January 31st toPaul.brady@suffolkcountyny.gov
or 631-852-8400
Farmingville
Tuesday February 28, 2017, 6:30p.m. -7:30p.m.
Farmingville Fire
Department
780 Horseblock
Road
Farmingville, NY
11738
RSVP required before
February 20th to 631-732-6611ext.717 or jkern@farmingvillefd.org
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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