Opioid Overdose-Build Your Skills & Knowledge-Get the SKOOP! Tuesday, December 1st 2009 10:00 AM -- 1:15 PM
New York, NY
Sharon Stancliff & Bill Matthews, HRC Staff
Heroin and other opioid overdoses are a common cause of death among users, yet these deaths are often preventable through education, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, and when possible, through the administration of Naloxone (Narcan). In this workshop, participants will start by learning the essentials of preventing opioid overdose deaths including prevention, recognition, and action. Participants will receive a certificate as a Trained Overdose Responder, and become qualified to train heroin or opioid users and colleagues at their own facilities on how to prevent an overdose. Participants will learn how to implement a NYS DOH-approved program with support from the Harm Reduction Coalition.
* People that have been abstinent from opioids for a period of time due to events such as incarceration are at high risk of overdose
