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Aurora fire lieutenant outlines leave‑behind Narcan pilot and follow‑up plan
Summary
Aurora Fire Rescue presented a pilot program to leave overdose reversal kits with patients or companions after on‑scene Narcan administration and to use QR‑code tracking for follow‑up; committee members endorsed moving the idea forward while debating public dispensing and resource capacity.
Jack Thompson, a lieutenant and community health officer with Aurora Fire Rescue (speaker 8), told the Public Safety and Civil Service Committee that the department will pilot a “leave‑behind” Narcan program to provide opioid reversal kits to people treated on scene and to follow up afterward.
Thompson said crews will carry multiple kits, that the kits include QR codes linking to bilingual how‑to videos and resource lists, and that the department will document kit distribution in patient‑care reports and a SharePoint log so the community health officer can attempt outreach within one to two days. “Because if they die, they can never recover,” Thompson said, arguing that the program’s immediate…
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