This document was provided to RISAPA coordinators at our September Board meeting in 2014. Highlights include: overview of the drug overdose prevention and rescue coalition, a model naloxone policy for police departments, a naloxone first responder fact sheet, how to schedule a naloxone training, obtaining a drug disposal unit, how to host a community forum on drug overdose, treatment resource handout, and how to respond to an opioid overdose handout.
First Responder Drug Overdose Prevention Toolkit
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