TTC Reseda Overdose Awareness Day Event on August 30, 2024
Please do not miss the TTC Reseda Overdose Awareness Day Event on August 30, 2024! As a provider of integrated behavioral healthcare, Tarzana Treatment Centers (TTC) proudly engages with our community. Thus, International Overdose Awareness Day is an opportunity to remember loved ones lost and protect community members at risk.
The TTC Reseda Overdose Awareness Day Event is open to the public. Indeed, the first session starts at 10:45 a.m., and the second follows at 2:45 p.m. The event is held at 7101 Baird Avenue, Reseda, CA, 91335, in Room 103.
Experience the TTC Reseda Overdose Awareness Day Event
The events’ agenda will consist of:
- Overdose Prevention and Response Training
- How to recognize and identify the signs of an opioid overdose, and how to identify and understand the critical symptoms.
- Step-by-step instructions on how to administer Naloxone, a life-saving medication that can reverse overdose effects.
- Emergency Response Procedures: Best practices for ensuring the safety and well-being of the individual and bystanders.
- Harm Reduction Strategies: Techniques to reduce the negative consequences associated with drug use, including safer use practices.
- Information about resources and connection to services offered
- Moment of silence to remember all of those we lost to overdoses.
- Free Naloxone kits are available on request.
- HIV/HCV testing available on site
- 2 Raffles (during the 10:45 am and 2:45 pm client sessions)
Please Come and Remember Loved Ones Lost
At the Reseda Overdose Awareness Day Event, we hope to provide an opportunity for people to mourn loved ones in a safe environment. Without guilt or shame, the positive contributions of these people will be the focus. Moreover, TTC provides the community and staff with information about overdose prevention.
In addition, beyond the resources and information, we hope to discuss steps to ensure no more innocent lives are lost. Indeed, TTC staff members will provide basic information on the range of support services available. Hence, the ongoing goal is to prevent and reduce drug-related harm by supporting the practice of Harm Reduction.
If you or a loved one need help with substance use disorders, please do not hesitate. Without question, when it comes to preventing overdoses, taking action is critical. Thus, please get in touch with TTC today and access lifesaving help.