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Kern County Office of Education expands school naloxone training as student group urges Narcan in classrooms
Summary
Kern County Superintendent of Schools staff described countywide naloxone training and distribution and said emergency cabinets are being installed next to AEDs; a student group urged Narcan be placed in every classroom after presenting a staff survey showing teacher interest.
Kern County Superintendent of Schools (KCSOS) staff told the Kern County Board of Education on March 11 that the county office provides naloxone (Narcan) training to volunteer staff, maintains centrally stored doses at program campuses and is installing overdose emergency cabinets next to AEDs.
The presentation, delivered by Michelle Taylor Langham, director at KCSOS, explained training, storage and partnerships and emphasized collaboration with Drug Free Kern, Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, the county Public Health Department and the California Department of Education. Taylor Langham said KCSOS has used American Heart Association–certified instructors for opioid-antagonist response training for nonclinical staff and that “Narcan…is a medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose.”
KCSOS staff framed their work as both an immediate response and part of community prevention and follow-up, saying annual training is offered and additional doses are centrally located on campuses. Using the Blanton Education Center as an example, Taylor Langham said that campus…
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