Sentences with phrase «naloxone training»
Overwhelming Response to Naloxone Training Sessions; Prompts Scheduling of Ongoing Monthly Trainings (04/22/2015)
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Additional Naloxone Training Sessions Added; Two June Sessions Planned for Southtowns; One for Northtowns (05/29/2015)
In honor of International Overdose Awareness Day, Senator Jeff Klein hosted a free naloxone training.
Bronx, NY — Senator Jeff Klein and Councilman Rafael Salamanca joined members from OASAS, Forward South Bronx Coalition and the New York State Department of Health to host a free naloxone training in Hunts Point on International Overdose Awareness Day.
Among other things in the past year or so, thousands of people have received naloxone training from the county to revive those on the verge of overdose deaths, although the speed of fentanyl's potentially deadly action poses a challenge to responders, she said.
Saturday, September 17, 6:30 p.m. — State Sen. Jeff Klein, Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj and others host a heroin town hall and free Naloxone training, Maestro's Caterers, 1703 Bronxdale Ave., Bronx
6:30 p.m. — State Sen. Jeff Klein, Assemblyman Mark Gjonaj and others host a heroin town hall and free Naloxone training, Maestro's Caterers, 1703 Bronxdale Ave., Bronx
During her speech, she referenced her naloxone training and said that the opioid epidemic was having a crippling effect on the country.
At 7 p.m., IDC Leader Jeff Klein and NYC Councilman Rafael Salamanca join health officials to host a free naloxone training on International Overdose Awareness Day, Urban Health Plan, 1065 Southern Blvd., Bronx.
The group, which conducts naloxone training across the city, distributed nearly 1,000 Narcan kits in 2017.
The New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services is hosting free naloxone training sessions in Broome County this Thursday and Friday.
«Naloxone trainings are crucially important as we continue to see a rise in overdoses in our community and I'm pleased to partner with Senator Klein and Urban Health Plan to hopefully help save lives,» said Councilman Salamanca, Jr..
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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.
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.
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.
«The training is very easy and the worst thing that could happen to someone that maybe didn't go through the training is that they would administer Naloxone not in the most effective manner, which obviously is not good.
To that end, County Health Commissioner Gale R. Burstein, who also attended the news conference, said there will be increased training in administering of the opioid antidote Naloxone this year and efforts to bring about improved education in schools.
Erie County, NY Department of Health» Free Community Trainings in Opioid Overdose Recognition & Use of Naloxone for Reversal
WHEREAS, if not for the distribution of Naloxone to first responders, and widespread training in its use to the general public, the number of opioid related fatalities would have been significantly higher; and
«What better way to recognize International Overdose Awareness Day than by training people to use Naloxone, to reverse overdoses and save lives,» said New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services Commissioner Arlene González - Sánchez.
New statewide rules for distribution of Naloxone is affecting one central New York agency that trains people to use the drug, also known as Narcan.
Wilber announced the police department, with the help of the Ulster County Sheriff's Office, was recently trained in the use of nasal naloxone, known as Narcan, to treat victims of opiate overdoses.
Administering naloxone is «really something anyone can learn to do,» city Health Department Assistant Commissioner Hillary Kunins said at Wednesday's showcase training session, held at the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza.
And they discussed some initiatives the county has already undertaken to address those problems, including training and arming first responders with the opioid - countering drug, naloxone, establishing anonymous drug drop - boxes at local police stations, and participating in joint federal and local task forces to take down illegal drug rings and doctors who over-prescribe opioids.
ERIE COUNTY, NY — The Town of Hamburg Police, the Village of Hamburg Police, the Village of Blasdell Police and the 9 Hamburg Fire Companies participated in joint trainings during the week of May 19th to certify first responders to administer the drug naloxone via an intranasal spray.
Once participants successfully complete the two - hour training, they will be able to recognize a possible drug overdose and administer naloxone (trade names: Narcan ® or Evzio ®).
New York State will provide agencies that send their officers to those trainings with supplies of naloxone at no cost.
By training individuals to recognize the signs of a possible overdose, call 911, and then administer the naloxone in their possession, additional lives will be saved.»
First Responders Trained in Naloxone Use; Town of Hamburg Police, Village of Hamburg Police, Village of Blasdell Police & Nine Volunteer Fire Companies Participate (05/30/2014)
Three New York State agencies are partnering with the Erie County Department of Health and Erie County Medical Center to provide training to additional police officers in the use of naloxone.
Three days of mass training in naloxone use are planned for June 2 — 4, 2014 for first responders from Erie County and other locations.
To date, there are more Naloxone (Narcan) trained law enforcement agencies in Westchester County than any other
This includes training in the use of Naloxone to treat overdoses.
«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.
«This is the first research project to investigate if having law enforcement officers equipped with naloxone and trained to refer victims to drug rehabilitation will encourage more people to call 911 and receive treatment,» said Peter Davidson, PhD, lead study author and assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
The other half will be given an «emergency kit» that includes a single dose naloxone - loaded syringe and a training DVD to watch with loved ones.
The health department trained more than 8,000 people to use naloxone in 2015 — in jails, public housing, bus shelters, street corners and markets.
Researchers in Massachusetts looked at people who underwent training in using the antidote — known as naloxone (Narcan, Evzio)-- and found that family members used it in about 20 percent of slightly over 4,000 rescue attempts.
Cecil County Public Schools, located in the northeastern region of the state on the border with Pennsylvania, had its secondary school nurses trained in naloxone administration two years before the new mandate, says Superintendent D'Ette Devine.