Overdose prevention programming : Programmes de prévention des surdoses : l'éducation et la distribution de naloxone : guide pratique

It provides a basic outline of how There are an estimated 321,000 to 914,000 naloxone works, ways a naloxone program can people who use non-prescribed pharmaceuticals1 be set up and the forms of collaboration it may in the general population and approximately take, ideas for the content to include in any 72,000 of the country’s street-involved drug- associated risk-reduction training, and consumin [...] It can also be Training typically consists of information around administered intravenously (into the vein), or the risks of opioid use, the signs and symptoms of subcutaneously (under the skin). [...] This can be addressed by ensuring discussing the steps taken in identifying and the program incorporates a venue for intervening in an overdose and administering psychosocial support of trainees and by naloxone: expanding the scope of training so as to buffer Identify the opioid-associated resuscitative against the loss of some trained individuals emergency and confirm that the person over time [...] Program implementation logistics Administer naloxone by drawing the naloxone into the syringe and injecting it NALOXONE KIT CONTENTS into a fatty area like the upper arm or While kit contents will depend on available funds buttocks (if using the liquid ampoule); or by and resources and the needs of the local opioid spraying it into the nostrils (if using user population, reviews of existing Cana [...] Prescription COORDINATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND practices are overseen by the colleges of EMERGENCY MEDICAL STAFF physicians and the colleges of pharmacists in each In all cases and regardless of how the naloxone province so they are also a source of information.