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Overdose reversal training for college students, faculty
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Montclair State University hosted a training on using Naloxone
Students, faculty and community members attended a Montclair State University training this week, where they learned how to administer the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone, also known as Narcan. They were taught to look for telltale signs of an overdose being caused by opioids.
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Overdose reversal training for college students, faculty
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Students, faculty and community members attended a Montclair State University training this week, where they learned how to administer the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone, also known as Narcan. They were taught to look for telltale signs of an overdose being caused by opioids.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipthe state is still trying to get the word out about ramped up access to Naloxone the powerful opioid overdose antidote that's helped save lives as the epidemic continues sweeping the nation last year the Murphy Administration started a firstof its- kind program allowing anyone in New Jersey to get free Naloxone from a pharmacy without the fear of law enforcement getting involved yet experts say the public is still mostly unaware of its Effectiveness and how to administer the drug to someone in need senior correspondent Joanna Gagis reports on another effort to change that so we know that this person needs Nar you've gone to the ad cabinet you come back with this but you don't know how to use it students faculty and community members attended a Monclair State University training this week where they learned how to administer the opioid overdose reversal drug Narcan and spray press the red plunger firmly that's it we've done it they were taught to look for telltale signs of an over overdose being caused by opioids we see what we call pinpoint pupils so teeny tiny little pinpoint pupils that remain fixed at that pinpoint size uh regardless of the amount of light that's present or taken away also blue lips and no signs that the person is breathing no chest rising and falling if you were to take a whole bunch of opiates or opioids your breathing would slow potentially to a rate that is no longer going to sustain life okay so that is what's going to kill someone who is overdosing on an OPI it in 20122 just last year over a 100,000 people have died from a drug involved overdose right so a really staggering amount and just in New Jersey about 3,000 people have died from an overdose so we've really been in the midst of this crisis for a couple of years now um and despite funding for in and some interventions that have been implementing we have not been able to make the kinds of progress that I think everybody wants to make which is why there's a renewed focus on harm reduction efforts across the state according to Monclair State University Professor Svetlana Shpiegel clients come in they engage in services and after a little bit they drop out because they're not able to sustain sobriety right so if abstinence is required for continuous service engagement they're going to drop out um and harm reduction allows them to say well you're welcome here we are welcoming you as you are we want you to be honest with us about your use and we will help you to the extent that we can to help even further the university is offering a new graduate level harm reduction certificate which is called harm reduction approaches to substance use and the goal in this certificate was to address a gap in training and UN Human Service professionals New Jersey is really going through a transition point I think the entire field is going through a transition where we were seeing a lot of people talk about nooc Zone and other harm reduction measures as a way to enable people to use more drugs or to use more often and that's really just not true and so we are seeing now that people are beginning to embrace um what is an evidence-based measure to prevent the loss of life some attendees voicing concern about the legal implications of calling for help if someone were to call the police for an overdose would there be any repercussions for someone else using for example um for that person with them to get in trouble I have a friend that passed away a few years ago because the person he was using with was scared to call the police our number one priority would be to assist that person and do our best to save that person's life here on campus we have a medical amnesty policy which states that you're not going to be put through this the university conduct system if you call for medical assistance for yourself or for someone else who needs it after taking drugs or alcohol a shift in tone from the war on drugs to a helping hand that's waiting for someone to take it I'm Joanna Gagis NJ Spotlight News NJ Spotlight News
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