ABOUT THIS RESOURCE

This 75-minute webinar addresses opioids, overdose and and Naloxone administration. Topics include:

• What are opioids and opiates? How do these substances work and affect us?
• "Fentanyl 101"
• How to recognize and respond to opioid and stimulant overdoses
• How to administer naloxone
• The economics of opioids
• Reflecting on how the current crisis with opioids developed
• And more!

RESOURCES

• Presentation slides
• Highlights & Key Concepts Document

Additional Resources

• The Opioid Crisis and the Black/African American Population: An Urgent Issue; a report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

• Words Matter - Terms to Use and Avoid When Talking About Addiction and Words Matter: Preferred Language for Talking About Addiction from the National Institute on Drug Abuse

• International Overdose Awareness Day

• Overdose Education & Naloxone Distribution - Washington State Department of Health

• Overdose Prevention resources from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC)

• Overdose Prevention - the National Harm Reduction Coalition

• Addiction Technology Transfer Center Network

• Supporting Recovery from Opioid Use: A Peer’s Guide to Person-Centered Care from the Northwest Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC)

• Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) steps from the Red Cross

Naloxone

• How to use Naloxone for a Drug Overdose from the Washington State Department of Health

• Opioid Overdose Basics: Responding to Opioid Overdose from the National Harm Reduction Coalition

• Where to find naloxone in Washington State

• Washington State Department of Health Standing Order to Dispense Naloxone

Harm Reduction Resources

• Principles of Harm Reduction from the National Harm Reduction Coalition

• Harm Reduction 101: a recorded webinar from the Northwest MHTTC

• North America Syringe Exchange Network

FACILITATOR

Sean Hemmerle

Sean Hemmerle is the Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution Consultant at the Washington State Department of Health (DOH). He facilitates statewide naloxone distribution to organizations that work with people at risk of experiencing or witnessing overdoses. Before joining DOH in 2019, Sean worked as a Community Health Outreach Worker for the Tacoma Needle Exchange. Sean received a BA in Cultural Anthropology and Social Welfare in 2017 from The Evergreen State College- Olympia.