Crisis Ready Howard County’s Public Health Minute urged residents in August to register for Narcan administration training to help respond to opioid overdoses. The program’s host said the training will be offered through the Crisis Ready Howard County initiative and asked Trisha to explain the medication and its importance.

Trisha, a staff member on the program, said, “Narcan saves lives when someone is experiencing an opioid overdose.” She described Narcan as both “a tool in the first aid toolbox” and “a tool in the harm reduction toolbox,” and said training can help community members act to reduce overdoses.

Trisha added that overdose deaths are preventable and cited a broad estimate of daily accidental overdose fatalities: “Overdose deaths are preventable, but every day, approximately a hundred and 90 people die from an accidental overdose.” She said increasing awareness and training can help reduce the effects of the opioid public health crisis.

On who should attend, Trisha said the training is broadly recommended: “Well, really, most anyone would be recommended to attend the training.” The host closed by asking viewers to use the registration link in the video description: “If you are interested in attending this training, please register in the link provided in our video description below, and we hope to see you there.”

The video ended with the host encouraging viewers to sign up and with the program’s sign-off, “Stay well, Howard County.” The segment did not specify dates, times, costs, or a direct URL for the training; the host directed viewers to the video description for registration details.