Community Overdose Response Training
Learn how to save a life – in just 30 minutes.
Overdose deaths continue to outpace the national road toll. Since 2008, the number of overdose deaths in Australia surpassed the number of deaths from road traffic accidents
About the training
Our free, practical training gives you the tools to recognise and respond to an opioid overdose.
North Richmond Community Health’s Proactive Overdose Response Initiative (PORI) supports people who have experienced, or are at risk of, opioid overdose to prevent future overdoses.
We also train community members, local businesses, organisations, and friends and family of people who use drugs to recognise and respond to an overdose. Our goal is a community where everyone feels confident to act.
Taking the training doesn’t mean you have to act during an overdose. It just gives you the basics to recognise one, and to help if you choose to.
Book your free training
To book your free training or for more information, email naloxone@nrch.com.au or call 0419 619 365 direct, or reach us via MSIR reception on 9418 9811.
What you’ll learn:
In just 30 minutes, you’ll learn:
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- What opioids are
- How to spot an opioid overdose
- What to do if you see an overdose
- About naloxone, and the three types of naloxone available
- How to use naloxone safely and quickly
- Calling for help and what to do next
Understanding opioid overdose
Opioids are a type of drug. They include prescription painkillers like codeine (Panadeine Forte®) and oxycodone (Endone®), as well as illegal drugs like heroin.
If someone takes too much of an opioid, or mixes it with other depressants, their breathing can become dangerously slow or stop completely, leading to an overdose.
What is naloxone?
Naloxone is a medicine that temporarily reverses the effects of opioids, allowing the person to breathe again while the ambulance is on its way. You cannot get high from naloxone, and you cannot become addicted to it.
Naloxone does not work on non-opioid drugs. However if someone has taken several drugs, including opioids, removing the opioids from the picture may be enough to restore their breathing until help arrives.
About PORI
The Proactive Overdose Response Initiative (PORI) works with people at risk of overdose, and with potential overdose witnesses, to help them recognise and respond to an opioid overdose.
PORI aims to:
Empower community
By providing take-home naloxone training, overdose prevention education, safer drug use advice, and referral to the Medically Supervised Injecting Room and other relevant services.
Increase access
By making sure naloxone is readily available to those who need it.
Advocate
By promoting compassionate, evidence-based approaches to reducing drug-related harm.
Book your free training
We deliver training at North Richmond Community Health every second Thursday morning (contact the PORI team to confirm dates), with additional times and alternative locations available on request.
For more information or to book your free training, email naloxone@nrch.com.au or call 0419 619 365 direct, or reach us via MSIR reception on 9418 9811.