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The Center for Community Education and Training at Alfred State will host a “Community Overdose Training” event from 8:30-10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 16 at the Lake Lodge, 6107 Terbury Road, Alfred Station.
The Center for Community Education and Training at Alfred State will host a “Community Overdose Training” event from 8:30-10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 16 at the Lake Lodge, 6107 Terbury Road, Alfred Station.
Administered by University Police Officer Jeff Wilcox, this free training will discuss the impact of opioid overdoses in New York State, and teach participants how to recognize one. Attendees will further learn the steps they should take if they encounter someone with an overdose, and also learn how to use a mucosal atomizer in an attempt to save the life of the person who overdosed. Free responder kits will be given out to human services agencies, as well.
Wendy Dresser-Recktenwald, senior director for the Office of Human Resources and the Center for Community Education and Training FOIL/records access officer, said the growing use of heroin and heroin-related deaths is a growing problem in Western New York.
“Heroin isn’t new, but what is on the streets is deadlier than ever. Synthetic fentanyl is 30 to 50 times stronger than heroin and deadly,” she said. “As a community, we need to provide as much education and prevention as we can. As an educational institution, if we can help to save just one life, we should do it. We need to educate our community that heroin is not a recreational drug people can experiment with. When people use heroin or are addicted to opiates, it could be the last time they use because the drug is so deadly,”
People must pre-register for the training by contacting ccet@alfredstate.edu or calling 607-587-4015 by Nov. 9.
The mission of the Center for Community Education and Training at Alfred State is to advance economic development in the Southern Tier through the integration of vocational/occupational training, personal and career development, and organizational development.