Virtual training sessions that began during the pandemic have allowed far more people to take the trainings, including people from rural areas and tribal nations.
– It’s a subject KSAT has reported on many times -- the use of naloxone, also known as Narcan.Part of its ability to save lives depends on people knowing how to use it.In 2018 the nursing school got funding from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to distribute naloxone and also provide overdose prevention education.What was first considered a drawback has now allowed far more people to participate.
“When we’re talking about an overdose and somebody who’s not breathing, we may only have a minute or two to respond to that before permanent brain damage occurs. And then cardiac failure follows,” she said.The virtual training sessions alone have now reached 45 percent of all Texas counties, which includes every county that had previously reported opioid overdose deaths.
At the nursing school, there are piles of boxes filled with Narcan that are sent to those individuals who request it.
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