Naloxone

ADHS’ Rapid Response to a Public Health Emergency

By |2017-06-09T09:33:35-07:00June 9th, 2017|Prevention|

On Monday, Governor Doug Ducey declared a public health emergency to address the alarming increase in opioid deaths in Arizona. Our team immediately sprang into action, activating and fully staffing our Health Emergency Operations Center within hours so that the numerous programs and offices across ADHS have a coordinated system for responding to the Governor’s calls to [...]

New Program Recognizes Law Enforcement Agencies Working on Curbing Opioid Overdose Death

By |2019-03-21T17:01:08-07:00January 26th, 2017|Preparedness|

Last week we launched the Public Health Excellence in Law Enforcement program. This program was created to recognize the efforts of Arizona’s law enforcement agencies that work with their local EMS agency partners to train staff to recognize opioid overdose in the field, administer naloxone when necessary, and submit information to the Department of Health [...]

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Naloxone is an Important Tool in Combating Narcotic-Related Deaths in Arizona

By |2017-02-10T09:48:46-07:00July 8th, 2016|Preparedness|

Unintentional drug overdoses reigns as the leading cause of accidental death nationally and in Arizona. We have worked with several organizations for the past four years to help implement the Arizona Prescription Drug Misuse and Abuse Initiative. We recently welcomed United States Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy to conduct Grand Rounds with clinicians and others [...]

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