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13.10.21 21:48 Over the weekend, I signed up for Narcan training through the Hennepin County Sheriff's department. It was scheduled to take place today at 5 in Plymouth - and at 4, I visited my St Paul office for the first time in approximately a year to get my flu shot, which is to say I hadn't been there since LAST year's flu shot. I was basically in and out with no line but my paperwork took a while to fill out so by the time I was back in the car, Google Maps was telling me it would be suddenly incredibly tight as to whether or not I could make it across the metro to Plymouth on time after navigating a rush hour which I keep forgetting exists after working remotely for 19 months and counting. After all the stress of the traffic combined with a freshly sore vaxx arm, breathing through a mask when pretty unskilled at doing anything masked AND - in a decision I really should have seen as a bad one before having the benefit of hindsight - having drank an entire Sugar Free Rockst!
ar in the car while eating nothing - by the time Randall from Bold North Recovery started a needle demonstration about 45 minutes in (I should probably remind you here that I am..... really really ... rather not good with needles - especially twice in a day), I found myself getting dizzy, sweating EVERYWHERE, feeling a lightheadedness I'd never felt before, and if anyone else in the room had actually looked in my direction at the time they would have wondered if *I* needed some medical attention. Fortunately the feeling eventually did pass AND I got to hear Bobbi narrating the final video (!) - and now I'm all schooled up on administering naloxone, thankfully as a nasal spray and not via intramuscular injection so as to not have TWO people lying on the floor by the time it's done. Ya know we have a lot of fun here and I kid a lot, but there isn't much funny about opioid overdoses and after taking the class, I hope and pray I'll never have to put into practice what I learn!
ed today but I'm very glad I learned it and feel prepared - yo!
u never know when you might save a life. There's no reason you can't take the same class! The next two sessions take place November 23rd and December 16th. You don't have to drive to Plymouth and attend in person, although you can and you'll get your Narcan that day - but virtual attendance via Zoom is also an option! To apply, visit their Office Form at https://forms.office.com/g/weHEUH3vPs. Just try to limit your stress, flu shots and caffeine intake ahead of it - don't make the same mistakes I made.
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