Training includes
administration of intranasal naloxone
County Executive Steve Bellone and Dr. James
Tomarken, Commissioner of Health, are encouraging residents to take advantage
of scheduled Opioid Overdose Prevention Classes.
The training, which meets New York State Department
of Health requirements, will enable participants to recognize an opioid
overdose, administer intranasal naloxone and take additional steps until EMS
arrives. Participants will receive a certificate of completion and an emergency
resuscitation kit that includes nasal naloxone. The classes will take place as
follows:
Community
Drug Awareness and Opioid Overdose Prevention
In
conjunction with the West Babylon Schools
Thursday
March 1, 2018
7:00 PM –
8:30 PM
West
Babylon Senior High School
Performing
Arts Center
500 Great
East Neck Road
West
Babylon, NY 11704
RSVP
required to
https://goo.gl/forms/DgtdbbabLqmyGpzF2 or call
631-376-7067
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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