The Kanawha-Charleston Health Department will hold another training on how to administer the overdose-reversing drug naloxone today, and will provide auto-injector naloxone kits to those who complete the training.
The training, which will be held at 1:30 p.m. at the health department's offices at 108 Lee St. E., will be led by trainers from the University of Charleston School of Pharmacy. The one-hour training is free and open to the public, and anyone who completes the training can then receive an Evzio kit from KCHD health officer Michael Brumage.
The Evzio, which works like the Auvi-Q epinephrine auto-injector used to reverse anaphylaxis, is an auto-injector that uses spoken instructions that guide the user through the injection process. In March, the health department received 200 of the auto-injectors to distribute. For more information, call 304-348-6493.