1. Provincial Fire Department program
Kits supplied by Health PEI
Training funded by MFR Program
Training provided by IEMS Paramedics

2. Training Provided here today with 1 kit per department
In department paramedics can provide training
Request PEIFFA to arrange a Paramedic to provide
Added to ongoing MFR training

3. What is the Opioid / fentanyl risk for firefighters.
How does an Opioid /fentanyl affect the body.
What does Naloxone do.
What are the risks of Naloxone.

4. The following slides outline the naloxone program which is available to the general public.

5. PEI Naloxone Take Home Kit Program

6. PEI Opioid Strategy
Initiated due to fentanyl crisis in other provinces
The first meeting of the Opioid Strategy stakeholders was January 2017
Harm Reduction Task Group was created and met in March 2017
Naloxone working group May 2017 and kits began to be distributed through the Needle Exchange Program (NEP) in June.

7. Naloxone
There have been approximately 150 kits distributed on PEI through the Take Home Naloxone (THN) Program and one has been used.
Hospitals, emergency departments, provincial correctional facilities, opioid replacement clinics, EMS and police are all equipped with Naloxone in case of an OD on site.

8. Community Availability
Kits available at:
NEP
community pharmacies (approximately $50)
Provincial Addictions Treatment Facility when leaving the inpatient detox program
The program will be expanding to other sites that serve “at risk” populations

9. Naloxone Overview Video
We use vials of naloxone instead of the ampules that are shown in the video

10. The Kit

13. Added to Provincial MFR Protocols
Used kit should go to hospital with patient.
Do you have a sharps container?

14. When Naloxone use indicated -evidence of narcotic use (scene safety)
-assessment shows shallow to no
-Respiratory effort
-pinpoint pupils
-cyanosed lips and skin
Demonstration of Naloxone Administration

15. Questions?