On Feb. 8, 2018 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Seymour Middle School 211 Mountain Road, Seymour government officials, the Seymour Public Schools, Seymour Police Department, Seymour Ambulance, CT DMHAS, & the Alliance for Prevention & Wellness are partnering to host a FREE Community Narcan Training Event for the Seymour Community.
This event is an RSVP event only to the first 35 people who sign-up.
Rich Kearns is the point person taking reservations. If anyone in the community would like to be trained in administering Narcan please contact Rich Kearns at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or 203 – 888-2561 ext. 1003.
Being trained in the use of Narcan may just save someone’s life.
This event will teach people in the community how to administer Narcan by using a nasal injector.
This lifesaving Narcan is an opiate antidote. Opioids include, prescription pain pills such as codeine, oxycodone & morphine as well as heroin.
Narcan is a prescription medicine that blocks the effects of opioids & reverses an overdose.
There will be some free Narcan Kits to hand out for those people without insurance or who have higher co-pays.
There is also going to be a pharmacist on site to write prescriptions for Narcan for those people with insurance who want a Narcan Kit.
Helping coordinate this event are: Security Director Rich Kearns, Seymour Public Schools, Inspector Joe DeNigris & Officer Jon Martin, Seymour Department, Lorrie McFarland, Alliance for Prevention & Wellness, Taylor Quijano, AmeriCorps Service Member & Alliance for Prevention & Wellness, Chief Kyle Kelly & Deputy Chief Bryan Ryan, Seymour Ambulance Association.
