The End Overdose Social Media Toolkit is designed to help share knowledge about the dangers of opioid use, learn how to prevent opioid overdose/poisoning, and provide education on naloxone, a medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose. The toolkit is available for anyone to download during the 4 weeks leading up to International Overdose Awareness Day on August 31.
Research indicates that there is often a reluctance among those witnessing an overdose to summon emergency assistance from law enforcement or other first responders out of fear of arrest for drug possession or other charges. In an effort to reduce this fear and to encourage overdose witnesses to seek help, state policymakers developed Good Samaritan laws specific to drug overdoses. The purpose of these laws is to prioritize the overdose victim’s safety over arresting drug users by granting limited protection from criminal liability to persons seeking medical assistance and, in most cases, to the overdose victim. This document (1) provides a singular resource for each jurisdiction’s laws; (2) allows for a comparison of these laws between jurisdictions; and (3) identifies and highlights interesting provisions.
This 30-minute course is intended to help community providers identify their role in helping patients transition away from a dependence on opioids and to encourage them to study more about pain management and suicide prevention.
This self-paced, online course covers the following learning objectives: Describe basic trends in opioid overdose death rates at the national and local level, Identify factors that elevate patients’/clients’ risk for opioid overdose, Understand how overdose education/naloxone distribution programs impact health outcomes, Develop a preliminary plan for integrating overdose education into existing services, Learn how to recognize and respond in the case of an overdose and how to find treatment resources within the community
Learning Objectives:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Understand the scope of the opioid epidemic
2. Understand pain and how opioids work in the body
3. Explain how to recognize and respond to an opioid overdose
4. Understand the role of naloxone in an opioid overdose and how it can prevent an overdose death
5. Demonstrate how to administer intranasal naloxone
6. Discuss how to respond to a suspected Xylazine overdose
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Describe basic trends in opioid overdose death rates at the national and local level
Identify factors that elevate patients’/clients’ risk for opioid overdose; Understand how overdose education/naloxone distribution programs impact health outcomes; Develop a preliminary plan for integrating overdose education into existing services; and Learn how to recognize and respond in the case of an overdose and how to find treatment resources within the community.