Impact Evaluation Report: Peer Support Responder and Community Overdose Response Training Program. The opioid crisis in Toronto continues to intensify during the COVID-19 pandemic and opioid-related deaths continue to rise in record breaking numbers. The data and statistics are startling and sombre. The opioid overdose crisis remains a public health emergency that requires immediate...
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A First Aid and CPR Training Program Designed for Peer Support and Overdose Responders – A Community Initiative Borne Out of Dire Need By Nick Rondinelli – Owner and CEO of Heart to Heart CPR This article offers background information on the origins of the Peer Support Responder training. Given that I have personally lost...
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Heart to Heart First Aid CPR Services Inc., has been in operation for 21 years, servicing Downtown Toronto East. We have provided emergency response training to thousands of healthcare providers and support workers in harm reduction, outreach, and community health centres. We have also provided extensive lay person training for staff in shelters, Toronto...
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The opioid crisis in Toronto continued to intensify during the COVID-19 pandemic and opioid-related deaths continue to rise in record breaking numbers. The data and statistics are startling and sombre. The opioid overdose crisis remains a public health emergency that requires immediate mitigation and swift action. Heart to Heart First Aid CPR Services Inc...
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Opioids Opioids are a group of drugs that includes morphine, heroin, methadone, fentanyl, and oxycodone. Naloxone Naloxone hydrochloride (naloxone) is a drug that can temporarily stop the effects of opioid drugs. Naloxone can help restore breathing during an opioid overdose. Some organizations have decided to include naloxone as part of their first aid program...
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