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:
Hauppauge
Monday June 20, 2016, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Suffolk County Dept. of Health Services,
Office of Health Education
Melville
Tuesday, June 21, 2016, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Melville Marriot Long Island
1350 Walt Whitman Road
Melville, NY 11747
Community Narcan Training will be presented by Long Island Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (LICADD) and Ammon Analytical Laboratories.
For more information contact Angela Brooks (516) 747-2606 or abrooks@licadd.org
Advance reservations required.
Brentwood
Tuesday, June 28, 2016, 6:30 p.m.
Brentwood Public Library
34 Second Ave.
Brentwood, NY 11717
The Ugly Truth, Operation Medicine Cabinet and Narcan Training will be presented by Suffolk County Police Department and Legislator Monica Martinez.
For more information, contact Community Liaison Officer Eiffel Ramirez 3rd Precinct 631-603-8946 /854-8308.
To 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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