Nalaxone training event last week
Naloxone/Narcan is a potentially life-saving tool to reversing overdose from opioids. It became clear through a few stories of family members and dementia patients, that Narcan is not only for use with street-involved folk: opiod drugs are so powerful these days that overdose can happen in many different situations.
Kristina who works with Boyle Street and has administered Narcan over 150 times in her life gave us training on how to use the Narcan kits we were going home with and, in particular, how to recognize the signs of opioid overdose.
Rachita, a near neighbour to St. A's and the owner of the new Capilano IDA Pharmacy near Canadian Tire, shared in the teaching and walked us through the effects of the drug. The enjoyable component of the training involved using the actual needles to practice injection on some unsuspecting grapefruits.
The idea of the training evolved recently from a neighbourhood facebook post. About 20 church and neighbourhood members participated.
If you would like to learn more, please visit the website below and keep your eye out for future trainings.
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