About Town Redondo: Naloxone training, firefighters honored
BCHD distributes Naloxone, trains school administrators and students Representatives of Beach Cities Health District (BCHD) went to Redondo Union High School May 20-21 to speak to 786 juniors and seniors about fentanyl and how to administer Naloxone, the medication which can reverse a fentanyl overdose. BCHD earlier gave training to 565 teachers, administrators and staff […]
The CHCF Is Helping California Respond to the Opioid Epidemic
Over the past few years, the United States has discovered an extreme opioid epidemic among its population. Fatalities and abuse cases have proliferated with a surge of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is significantly more potent than other abused opioids. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 841,000 deaths […]