The Maxwell Institute of Saint Joseph”™s Medical Center, a provider of outpatient addiction treatment and prevention education services, has announced an important new initiative to combat
opioid-overdose-related deaths through the free distribution of Naloxone kits to local police departments for the purpose of distribution to persons at risk of an opioid overdose and those in a position to assist the person at risk.
Called the “Leave Behind Naloxone” initiative, it will equip police officers with naloxone kits for distribution when responding to an overdose, to individuals who are at risk for opioid overdose or to persons in a position to assist the individual at risk. Naloxone is a prescription medicine that reverses an overdose by blocking heroin or other opioids in the nervous system for 30-90 minutes. It is administered by injection or intranasal.
The new initiative was announced recently by Lillian Neuman, CASAC, director of community outreach/prevention education St. Vincent”™s Hospital Westchester A Division of Saint Joseph”™s Medical Center.
The Maxwell Institute, which is based in Tuckahoe, is a community-fund-supported program offering intensive and clinic-level outpatient chemical dependency treatment and education services for adults, adolescents and their families.
