Community Perceptions of Opioid Overdoses: Brains, Bias, and Best Practices training offers a multifaceted approach to addressing substance use disorders and enhancing community response by first responders. Participants will gain invaluable insights as a peer recovery support specialist shares their lived experience of drug use, overdose, and navigating the care continuum. The training includes: a peer recovery support specialist sharing their lived experience of drug use, overdose, and navigating the care continuum; the effect of substances on the brain; and the role stigma and biases play in delaying the recovery process. Participants will also learn how to recognize overdose symptoms, administer Naloxone effectively, and potentially save lives within the community.

This is a closed training for the American Medical Response in Independence, MO