AUDIENCE: INTRODUCTORY

Naloxone Education

Acquire the essential knowledge, skills, and confidence to educate patients, families, and caregivers on opioid overdose prevention and response, including proper naloxone use. 

About the Education

The Optimizing Opioid Overdose Response: Compassion During Crisis program equips healthcare professionals with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to educate patients, families, and caregivers on opioid overdose prevention and response, including naloxone use. This program includes a 90-minute course, microlearning video series, and a collection of curated resources to support overdose prevention in clinical practice.

Learners will explore overdose risk factors, recognition, and response strategies while emphasizing person-centered, non-stigmatizing communication. By the end of the program, learners will be prepared to integrate overdose prevention strategies into everyday practice, respond effectively and compassionately during overdose events, promote harm reduction, and support improved patient safety across diverse healthcare settings.

What You'll Learn

After taking this program, learners will be able to: 

  • Recognize overdose risk and appropriate response strategies, including emergency procedures. 
  • Master proper naloxone administration. 
  • Implement effective harm reduction communication.
  • Develop clinical workflows to expand access and distribution of opioid antagonist medications. 

Featured Course

  • Optimizing Opioid Overdose Response: Compassion During Crisis
    Contains 5 Component(s), Includes Credits
    Component Credit Type State/Medical Type Available Credits Earned Credits
    Claim Credit & Certificate Medical Physician - On-Demand 1.50 0.00
    Claim Credit & Certificate Medical PA - On-Demand 1.50 0.00
    Claim Credit & Certificate Medical Nursing - On-Demand 1.50 0.00
    Claim Credit & Certificate Medical Social Worker - On-Demand 1.50 0.00
    Claim Credit & Certificate Medical Counselor - On-Demand 1.50 0.00
    Claim Credit & Certificate Medical Non-Physician - On-Demand 1.50 0.00
    Claim Credit & Certificate Medical Addiction Counselors (NAADAC Credit) – On-Demand 1.50 0.00

    This 90-minute course equips healthcare professionals with the essential knowledge, skills, and confidence to educate patients, families, and caregivers about opioid overdose prevention and response, including naloxone use.

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ASAM Clinical Tips: Optimizing Opioid Overdose Response

This microlearning video series offers practical guidance on overdose prevention, including how to identify overdose risk, counsel patients effectively, plan for safer use when alone, and access and administer naloxone.

  • Safety Planning for Using Alone (Video: 9 min 34 sec) In this video, Dr. Alex Walley, a professor, HIV primary care and addiction medicine physician, discusses the critical aspects of overdose prevention, emphasizing the importance of having someone present during drug use. 
  • From Vial to Spray: How to Administer Naloxone (Video: 8 min 16 sec) In this video, Tehya Johnson, a harm reduction nurse practitioner, discusses the importance of naloxone in overdose response. 
  • Overdose Prevention: A Core Safety Skill for Every Clinician (Video: 11 min 16 sec) In this video, Dr. Jessie Gaeta, an internal medicine and addiction medicine physician, discusses the importance of overdose prevention and why it matters in everyday clinical practice. 
  • Accessing Naloxone (Video: 6 min 4 sec) In this video, Dr. Ruchi Shah, a family medicine and addiction medicine physician, explains how to access the life-saving medication, naloxone.

Overdose Prevention Resources

Explore this curated collection of resources designed to support overdose prevention efforts.

Acknowledgement

This content has been made available in part by an unrestricted educational grant from Emergent BioSolutions. No input or influence from Emergent BioSolutions was included in the development of the educational content. As an ACCME Provider, ASAM follows the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence for Accredited Continuing Education stating that owners and employees of ineligible companies are excluded from participating as planners or faculty and must not be allowed to influence or control any aspect of the planning, delivery, or evaluation of accredited continuing education.