Every month on the second Thursday, REVIVE, Virginia's Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Education (ONE) program, holds a training on responding to opiate overdoses. The training teaches people about what opiates are and how they work, and how to recognize opiate overdoses and respond with naloxone, a medicine that can reverse overdoses. Classes are held from 11am-1pm, at the SAARA Center for Recovery (2000 Mecklenburg Street, Richmond VA).
The class is intended for nonprofessionals (medical experience is helpful but not required), including: people who use opiates like prescription painkillers or heroin, people who have friends or family who use opiates, and people who work somewhere that people use opiates. The training can help you respond to emergencies involving overdoses, potentially saving lives.
Lunch is provided, and the sessions are free though you must register. For more information and to register, call 804-762-4445, email johnb@saaracenter.org, or visit www.saara.org/revive-trainings.
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