Crime & Safety
Narcan Training Seminar Coming to Nassau
Session to address growing epidemic of heroin use and abuse as well as training on administering life-saving antidote.
A Narcan training session is set for this month in Hempstead.
Nassau County is partnering with the Mental Health Association to host a free Lifesaving Narcan Training Seminar for all residents on Sept. 23. The session will take place at the Mental Health Association at 16 Main Street from 9:30-11:30 a.m.
The seminar and training session will teach residents about overdosing and administration of Narcan, an antidote used to reverse overdoses.
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In Nassau County, police reported several overdoses where Narcan was administered, once by a mother who had a kit ready.
Overdose reports involving Narcan this year in Nassau County:
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- May 22: Massapequa Man ODs, Revived Using Narcan
- May 24: Man Revived with Narcan in Wantagh
- June 11: Narcan Used to Revive Man and Woman in Merrick
- June 14: Narcan Revives Woman in Massapequa Park
- June 19: Another Overdose Victim Revived with Narcan
- Aug. 10: Cops: Paramedics Talk Mother Through Reviving Son Who OD’d
- Aug. 26: Police: Narcan Saves Overdose Victim in Levittown
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