Knowing how important it is to have Narcan to prevent opioid overdose deaths is only the first step. The second step is knowing how to use it. This medication binds to the opioid receptors in the brain, which effectively stops any opioid-related prescription medications, heroin or fentanyl, from doing the same. 

However, this profound intervention can only take place if the Narcan is distributed immediately and correctly. Omnia Recovery will come to your home to help train your whole family on how to properly use Narcan.

How We Help with Narcan Training

With Omnia Recovery, we provide several levels of care, including partial hospitalization programs, intensive outpatient treatment, and regular outpatient care.

We also work hard to address addiction, mental health, and dual diagnosis needs. As part of our desire to be innovative and our staff members’ personal understanding of addiction, we provide care that relates to your individual circumstances, and for many people, this can include group therapy alongside training for Narcan, both for clients and their families.

• Administering Narcan rapidly through a nasal spray, the most common prescription given to non-medical personnel, can save a life
• Narcan training can prepare you for the reality that the drug doesn’t stop withdrawal symptoms for someone who is struggling with an opioid dependency, and those withdrawal symptoms can still be serious and uncomfortable, but it does stop an overdose death
• Training can also prepare you for a situation where you use Narcan, but the individual doesn’t actually have opioids in their system and instead has an overdose from another drug, in which case Narcan simply won’t have an effect, but it won’t cause any harm

A big part of our push to improve life skills involves understanding the reality of things like relapse, not just among yourself but among those friends and family closest to you. Feeling confident in your maintenance and use of Narcan in an emergency situation comes from truly understanding things like Good Samaritan laws, which can protect you in the event that you provide aid to someone on the street. 

Moreover, training with Narcan can help you feel comfortable administering the nasal spray and understand who might be at risk and how the medication works. 

No matter the substance with which you struggle, there is always room to learn more and to be as prepared as possible. Our Narcan distribution and training programs give you vital information that could help save someone’s life. With Omnia Recovery, we want you ready for anything, so let us help with our Narcan training program.