A guide to overdose prevention and education using naloxone, while the content is focused on North American services the content is still of use to those of us working in the UK.
There is a new overdose awareness and naloxone poster campaign launching this week in the UK that features the faces of real community naloxone carriers.
Bristol Drugs Project have produced three short interviews detailing the experience three different people have had with Naloxone. In this interview, they speak to Lee. He describes his own experience of an opioid overdose and how Naloxone was administered to him saving his life. This is Lee’s Story.
Bristol Drugs Project have produced three short interviews detailing the experience three different people have had with Naloxone. In this interview, they speak to Rebecca who, after getting Naloxone training with BDP, went on to administer Naloxone to a member of the public who was going through an opioid overdose. This is Rebecca’s story.
Bristol Drugs Project have produced three short interviews detailing the experience three different people have had with Naloxone. In this interview they speak to Rich. he describes his experience administering Naloxone to his friend who was going through an opioid overdose. This is Rich’s Story.
The EMCDDA has launched a new online knowledge questionnaire on overdose and take-home naloxone aimed at potential bystanders of overdose, but also at a wider interested public. The main aim of the questionnaire is to refresh respondents’ knowledge on opioids, overdose risks and the role of take-home naloxone as part of the overall response to overdose deaths.
