We will be housing a «COMMUNITY
TRAINING OPIOID OVERDOSE RECOGNITION & NALOXONE USE workshop offered by Erie County Department of Health on Tuesday, May 22, 2018, 6 - 8 pm.
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More providers will be
trained and authorized to prescribe buprenorphine, a medication that treats
opioid analgesics use, and pharmacies across the city will offer naloxone, which can reverse the effects of
opioid overdose, without a prescription.
Establishment of the Dutchess County
Opioid Overdose Prevention Program, personally training more than 500 law enforcement personnel and 200 community members in the use of the opioid antidote N
Opioid Overdose Prevention Program, personally
training more than 500 law enforcement personnel and 200 community members in the use of the
opioid antidote N
opioid antidote Narcan;
Also at 6 p.m., state Sen. David Carlucci hosts a free
training on how to administer Naloxone, a medication used to block the effects of an
opioid overdose, Pearl River Library, 80 Franklin Ave., Pearl River.
During the past year, with the support of County Executive Robert P. Astorino and the Westchester County Department of Health, more than 750 police officers in 28 police departments have received
training on how to give Narcan to
opioid overdose victims.
Erie County, NY Department of Health» Free Community
Trainings in
Opioid Overdose Recognition & Use of Naloxone for Reversal
«I commend our partners from the Hamburg and Blasdell communities for proactively participating in this
training to help respond to
opioid overdose emergencies.»
JAMESTOWN — The Chautauqua County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is sponsoring another free
opioid overdose response (Narcan)
training session today at 4 p.m. at Chautauqua Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Council (CASAC), 501 West Third St., Suites 3 and 4, Springhorn Building, in Jamestown.
Such education should involve mandating pain - related education for all health professionals who provide care to people with pain, requiring and providing basic
training in the treatment of
opioid use disorder for health care providers, and
training prescribers and pharmacists to recognize and counsel patients who are at risk for
opioid use disorder or
overdose.
«Support groups for families of people who use
opioids are promising venues to conduct
overdose prevention
trainings, because attendees are motivated to receive
training and will use naloxone to rescue people when witnessing an
overdose.
The success of naloxone has spurred a movement of community programs to help
train opioid users and their loved ones on how to correctly identify a drug
overdose and administer this life - saving medication.
In this episode of CASconversations, AUSA Spector talks about the alarming increase in
opioid overdoses in Connecticut, the deadly rise in Fentanyl use, the urgent need for educating students and parents, and the free
training and resources available to schools.