Recovery Bartow received a grant from the CDC to fund the establishment of a Post Overdose Response Team (PORT) comprised of certified peer recovery coaches. They will respond as rapidly as practically possible to notifications of spikes in overdoses (utilizing ODMAP), overdose-related deaths, and/or emerging drug threats through partnerships with first responders, hospital ED staff, and law enforcement.
ODMAP data and these community partners will allow the Post Overdose Response Team to:
- Follow up on suspected overdoses with offers of support and information regarding local and regional recovery resources to the victim and/or their family/friends
- Provide harm reduction education to individuals, families, and the community at large
- Provide targeted Narcan training and distribution
- Provide the public with alerts warning of bad [deadly] batches of illicit street drugs
Post Overdose Response Team:
Sandy Hyatt
Kevin Harris
Recovery Bartow received a grant from the CDC to fund the establishment of a Post Overdose Response Team (PORT) comprised of certified peer recovery coaches. They will respond as rapidly as practically possible to notifications of spikes in overdoses (utilizing ODMAP), overdose-related deaths, and/or emerging drug threats through partnerships with first responders, hospital ED staff, and law enforcement.
ODMAP data and these community partners will allow the Post Overdose Response Team to:
- Follow up on suspected overdoses with offers of support and information regarding local and regional recovery resources to the victim and/or their family/friends
- Provide harm reduction education to individuals, families, and the community at large
- Provide targeted Narcan training and distribution
- Provide the public with alerts warning of bad [deadly] batches of illicit street drugs
Post Overdose Response Team:
Sandy Hyatte and Kevin Harris
