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NY Official Tells Jury Public Was Taught To Treat Opioid ODs
Law360 (July 20, 2021, 10:30 PM EDT) A retired Long Island county public health official described efforts to counteract the opioid crisis, such as educating people on how to administer medication to reverse opioid overdoses, while testifying to a New York state jury on Tuesday in New York s lawsuit accusing drug companies of fueling the opioid crisis.
Robert Delagi of New York s Suffolk County Department of Health Services testified that training people who were likely to encounter overdoses, either at work or school, saved time taken up by needing to call 911 and wait for an ambulance. The emergency services professional said that, as time went on, the.
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Shelter Island Police Department (Credit: Tara Smith)
During the pandemic year of 2020, the number of overdoses from opiates and alcohol reported to the Shelter Island Police Department was seven, up by five from the year before.
And there was a steeper rise in domestic abuse/violence calls to the police.
The seven calls by people needing immediate medical assistance connected to drugs and alcohol last year was the same as in 2017 and 2015, according to police records. The lowest number of reported overdoses in the past seven years was in 2016, when there were only two calls for assistance.
Narcan, used by Shelter Island first responders as an anti-overdose medication administered as a nasal inhaler, is something of a miracle drug, bringing people back from the brink of an opioid-induced oblivion in a matter of seconds.