Naloxone Administration ONLINE
This 2-hour course is designed to train first responders across the state in the proper pre-hospital administration of intranasal naloxone to reduce the number of fatalities which can result from opiate overdoses.
OBJECTIVES
Participants will be better able to:
- Implement learned principals to streamline their roles in administering and the distribution of Naloxone
- Understand what can be expected when encountering an opioid overdose individual
- Develop a departmental policy to establish guidelines and regulations governing the utilization of Intranasal Naloxone administration
AGENDA TOPICS
- Definition of Opiate
- Types of Opioids
- Drug Overdose Death Rates
- Your Rights Under The Law
- Threat to First Responders
- How Does Overdose Occur?
- Opioid Treatment – Naloxone
- Intranasal Naloxone Distribution
- Policy for Distribution of Narcan
- Incident Reporting
- Joshua Ashley-Pauley Act
- SAMHSA Opioid Overdose Prevention Toolkit