Free Naloxone Training
Event Information
Event description
Alberta Avenue Community League in partnership with Water Warriors YEG will be presenting an Opioid Poisoning Response Course
About this event
Alberta Avenue Community League in partnership with Water Warriors YEG Street Outreach Team will be presenting an Opioid Poisoning Response Course.
**Please note that this venue is following the "Restrictions Exemption Program". QR proof of double vaccination or proof of negative test result within the previous 72 hours.
Learning Objectives:
- Inform individuals of safer use strategies and interventions to mitigate harms associated with ongoing substance use
- Train an individual to identify signs and symptoms of suspected opioid poisoning and distinguish this from stimulant poisoning
- Train an individual to respond to a suspected opioid poisoning using the response steps
- Train an individual to provide rescue breaths and administer naloxone by intramuscular injection
- Train an individual on post-poisoning response actions
Once you have completed your training, you will receive a certificate of completion and an injectable naloxone kit.
**Please bring a naval orange to practice injections with.
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