MEDICAL CENTER LAUNCHES PROGRAM WITH POLICE CHIEFS

From left, Bronxville Chief of Police Christopher Satriale, Lillian Neuman and Tuckahoe Chief of Police John Costanzo.

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.