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Clackamas County trainers demonstrate naloxone use, urge wider kit access
Summary
Trainers from a Clackamas County overdose-response session demonstrated nasal and intramuscular naloxone administration, reviewed state laws and Good Samaritan protections, and highlighted data showing fentanyl as the main driver of recent overdose fatalities; a survivor recounted eight naloxone reversals that led to recovery.
Elizabeth (Liz), a training presenter, opened a Clackamas County community session by recounting a personal survival story: “03/07/2010 was the last time that naloxone was used to save my life,” she said, adding that naloxone reversed eight overdoses before she found recovery.
Katie, a co-presenter, framed the session as a practical training aimed at giving attendees the knowledge to recognize opioid overdoses and safely administer naloxone. She said the trainers would cover overdose signs, demonstration of administration techniques, and local trends in overdose fatalities.
The presenters summarized national and state data showing a long-term rise in overdose fatalities and a sharp increase in deaths tied to synthetic opioids (primarily illicit fentanyl) beginning around 2015. Katie said opioids accounted for roughly 75% of U.S. overdose fatalities in 2020–21 and that synthetic opioids made up more than 64% of overdose deaths by 2021. She reported an all-time high of about 110,000 drug overdose deaths in 2023 and noted a roughly 26% decrease between 2023 and 2024.
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