Naloxone Awareness

This free training covers all the necessary components including:

• Identify what an opioid overdose is.
• Identify the steps to respond to an opioid overdose.
• Identify what Naloxone is and how it works.
• Identify how to administer Naloxone.
• Identify the hazards related to the administration of Naloxone.
• Identify the purpose of the Good Samaritan Act.

By the end of this program, learners will be able to:  

• Identify what an opioid overdose is.
• Identify the steps to respond to an opioid overdose.  
• Identify what Naloxone is and how it works.
• Identify how to administer Naloxone.  
• Identify the hazards related to the administration of Naloxone.  
• Identify the purpose of the Good Samaritan Act. 

Anyone in a workplace who is responsible for a Naloxone kit or wants to learn about opioid overdose and Naloxone administration. 

This course is delivered as an on-line e-learning course. All you need is a computer, access to the Internet - and you are ready to go! This e-learning course is designed to help you learn at your own pace and in your own environment at your own convenience.

NOTE: After purchasing the training, please proceed to add the required participant to the Naloxone awareness training (whether for yourself or someone else). This step is required.

Have questions? Read our frequently asked questions on adding participants.

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If an employer is obligated to provide a naloxone kit in the workplace, they must ensure that the kit is entrusted to a worker who meets two criteria:

• working in close proximity to the kit
• and having received the necessary training. (WSPS Naloxone Awareness Training covers the necessary components required. This training is free.)

Visit ontario.ca for full details.

If an employer is obligated to provide a naloxone kit in the workplace, they must ensure that at least one kit is available in each workplace where there is a known or reasonably foreseeable risk of a worker experiencing an opioid overdose. Visit ontario.ca for full details.

Employers obligated to provide naloxone kits in their workplaces must ensure that the worker responsible for the kit receives proper training that encompasses all necessary elements. This ensures compliance with the requirement of training provided by the employer. See above for details on WSPS naloxone training.