This 75-minute webinar addresses opioids, overdose and and Naloxone administration, presented in collaboration with the Washington State Department of Health. This training will address:

• 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!

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.

RESOURCES

https://www.doh.wa.gov/YouandYourFamily/DrugUserHealth

https://nasen.org/

https://stopoverdose.org/

https://www.overdoseday.com/

https://harmreduction.org/issues/overdose-prevention/

https://www.cdc.gov/opioids/overdoseprevention/help-resources.html

https://attcnetwork.org/