Tag: Naloxone
R.I. program distributes 10K naloxone kits to community groups
PROVIDENCE – Community organizations across the state have received hundreds of naloxone kits and funding to help distribute them as part of a new...
URI offers free training to administer naloxone to prevent overdoses
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – The University of Rhode Island has launched the Community First Responder Program, which offers free online learning modules on how to...
Hammer, nails… Narcan: Construction training aims to ease opioid crisis
As an industry, construction has been beset by the national opioid epidemic. In Rhode Island, a report by public-health officials found that about 20%...
Five Questions With: Erin McDonough
Erin McDonough is the program director for the Rhode Island Disaster Medical Assistance Team’s Medical Reserve Corps. RIDMAT/MRC is a nonprofit organization dedicated to recruiting...
Construction, R.I. Convention Center staff undergo naloxone training
PROVIDENCE – As opioid overdoses continue to claim lives throughout the region, some businesses are training their staff on how to recognize and respond...
Rhode Islanders urged to carry naloxone to curb opioid-overdose deaths
PROVIDENCE – Rhode Islanders are being encouraged to carry overdose-reversal-medication naloxone, after it was revealed more than one-third of opioid-overdose calls that emergency medical...
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