Naloxone Training
LAW ENFORCEMENT:
- Law Enforcement will need to contact the Alabama Department of Mental Health to request naloxone. Please email narcanadmh@mh.alabama.gov to request naloxone for your department.
VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENTS
In the following counties: Blount, Cullman, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson, Lawrence, Marion, Marshall, Morgan, St. Clair, Shelby, Walker and Winston, Jefferson and Tuscaloosa
- Volunteer Fire Departments in the listed counties will need to contact Project Freedom out of The University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa to request naloxone. Please email wendi.hogue@ua.edu to request naloxone for your department.
- If your county is not listed, reach out to NarcanADMH@mh.alabama.gov to request naloxone
The Jefferson County Department of Health is offering free, 1-hour trainings on how to recognize, prevent, and respond to an opioid overdose by using naloxone. Naloxone is a prescription medication used to reverse an opioid overdose. Opioids are substances such as heroin, fentanyl, or prescription pain medication.
If you are interested in scheduling a training for your organization, please fill out the form here and email it to naloxonetraining@jcdh.org.
Upcoming events
The following trainings are open to anyone interested.
There are no trainings scheduled at this time.
For more details, view our calendar
here.
**Attention: Due to COVID-19, masks will be required to attend and social distancing measures will be enforced for the safety of all.**
Link to Online Naloxone Training
What Is Naloxone?
Naloxone is a prescription medicine that reverses an opioid overdose. It cannot be used to get high and it is not addictive.
Who Can Attend?
- People worried that a loved one or community member is at risk for overdosing on opioids.
- People who work with populations at risk for overdosing on an opioid.
What Will I Learn?
- What an opioid is.
- How to recognize, respond to, and prevent an opioid overdose.
- How to use intranasal naloxone to reverse an overdose.
- Resources for getting help for you or a loved one struggling with substance use disorder.
What Will I Get for Completing the Training?
A free naloxone kit containing the medication and training on how to recognize and reverse an opioid overdose.