Provincial Fire Department program

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• Kits supplied by Health PEI
• Training funded by MFR Program
• Training provided by IEMS Paramedics

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Training

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• 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

• 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.

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

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PEI Naloxone Take Home Kit Program

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.

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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.

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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

Naloxone Overview Video

• Naloxone Saves Lives

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• We use vials of naloxone instead of the ampules that are shown in the video

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The Kit

Added to Provincial MFR Protocols

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• Used kit should go to hospital with patient.
• Do you have a sharps container?

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

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Questions?