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Suffolk County Announces Narcan Training Classes

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By Published: July 13 2016

LongIsland.com

County Executive Steve Bellone and Dr. James Tomarken, Commissioner of Health encourage residents to attend Opioid Overdose Prevention Program-Narcan Training Classes.

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Participants will receive a certificate of completion and an emergency resuscitation kit that includes nasal Narcan.

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Suffolk County, NY - July 7, 2016 - 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:

West Babylon
Thursday July 14, 2016, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
West Babylon Fire Department
126 Arnold Ave.
West Babylon, NY 11704
Prior to and in addition to Narcan training, the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office and the Suffolk County Police Department will present “The Ugly Truth,” a program geared toward parents and teenagers regarding opioids.
RSVP: Legislator Kevin McCaffrey’s office, 631-854-1100,

Hauppauge
Monday July 18, 2016, 6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Suffolk County Department of Health Services,
Office of Health Education
725 Veterans Highway, Bldg. C-928 Hauppauge, NY 11788
RSVP: Wanda Ortiz: email or (631) 853-4017

Ronkonkoma
Wednesday July 27, 2016, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Ronkonkoma Fire Department
177 Portion Rd. Ronkonkoma, NY 11779
Please pre-register by going here
Please refer any questions to 631-360-3356
RSVP: Wanda Ortiz: email or (631) 853-4017

 

Learn more about the county’s naloxone program; watch “Saving One Life at a Time with Narcan at Suffolk’s Opioid Overdose Prevention Program.”