183 - Bang Ly (National Curriculum lead for St. John Ambulance's Opioid Poisoning Response Training Program (OPRT))

Bridging the Social Distance · Jan 20, 2022 · 56m

For this episode I interview Bang Ly, National curriculum lead for St John Ambulance's Opioid Poisoning Response Training Program (OPRT).

"Opioid poisonings are on the rise across Canada, including at shelters and other homeless-serving organizations. More frontline workers than ever are witnessing and managing poisonings at their workplace. As a result, there is a growing need for education and access to naloxone*.

*Naloxone is a medicine that rapidly reverses the effects of opioids on the brain. It is an important tool that can save the life of someone experiencing an opioid poisoning.

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