Tools for organizations
Help educate your staff and the community on how to reverse opioid overdoses, and how to use naloxone, a safe, effective “antidote” to an opioid overdose.
Naloxone training toolkit
This toolkit is available to organizations who are interested in ordering, storing, and distributing naloxone to their staff and/or community. It provides an overview of what fentanyl is, how to use naloxone to save a life, and how organizations can request an inventory of naloxone to keep onsite via the Naloxone Distribution Project.
Included in the toolkit:
- About Prescribe Safe
- What are opioids?
- What does an overdose look like?
- What is naloxone?
- Tips on how to talk to someone when you are concerned
- Administering naloxone: Training tools
- Ordering naloxone
- Helpful handouts
- Tips on hosting a naloxone distribution event
Naloxone Distribution Project
Department of Health Care Services created the Naloxone Distribution Project (NDP) to fight opioid overdose-related deaths in California. The NDP aims to address the opioid crisis by distributing free naloxone to help reduce opioid overdose deaths. For more information, visit CaliforniaMAT.
