OPIATE EPIDEMIC!

July 1, 2017

From: Allen James

Half of 2017 is gone and the summer vacations are here. Hopefully, all has been safe and will continue to be so for the rest of the year. If you need any CPR & First Aid training in Spanish or English, let’s plan soon. We still have dates open for 2017, so call or email with any date requests or questions you may have.

Remember, we provide quality instruction with a focus on orchestrating learning that includes a process on how to ”think” about an emergency and then fill a “tool box” with CPR and First Aid skills. This training prepares your employees to respond to both corporate and individual emergencies and enables them to prepare their families for natural disasters. What a wonderful benefit to pass onto your employees’ families.

OPIATE EPIDEMIC

Yes, opioid overdose is real as we have all seen on the national news. How this epidemic got started is an important question, but not during an opioid overdose event.

It all begins with a problematic pattern of opioid use that causes clinically significant impairment or distress. A diagnosis is based on specific criteria such as unsuccessful efforts to cut down or control use, as well as use resulting in social problems and a failure to fulfill obligations at work, school, or home.

An opioid overdose results in the unresponsiveness and respiratory arrest (not breathing – gasping is not breathing), which leads to cardiac arrest. NALOXONE is the response drug along with CPR/AED and the calling of 911. Remember, 30 chest compressions at the rate of 100 to 120 beats per minute then two breaths with CPR barrier. Give Naloxone as soon as possible and prepare the AED for use as needed.

Naloxone can save lives. Please check with your medical advisor for the work place or your personal physician. This is real! Please be prepared and knowledgeable.

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Be Safe!

As a first responder, your part in this process is crucial; that is why good training is critical. We can provide that training. Remember - Life Matters

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