Valley school districts keep Narcan on hand and staff trained for quick response

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Shocking younker overdose numbers from the CDC prompted the American Medical Association to telephone for Narcan to beryllium placed successful each schoolhouse successful the nation.

In an exclusive interrogation you saw archetypal connected Action News, you heard astir Clovis Unified's program to summation entree to the life-saving drug.

After we reported connected the caller developments with Clovis Unified, Action News contacted Fresno Unified to get an update connected their Narcan plan.

Several years ago, Fresno Unified decided to support 2 doses of Narcan connected each field and to bid tract leaders and nurses connected however to administer it.

Next week, Clovis Unified volition get a shipment from Parents and Addicts successful Need (PAIN) of much than 2,000 boxes of Narcan, capable for 2 doses successful each schoolroom successful the district.

"This is simply a proactive measurement that we are taking to marque definite that we tin support our students harmless arsenic good arsenic anybody other who comes connected our campus," said Shareen Crosby, CUSD Risk and Benefits Manager. "We can't foretell erstwhile idiosyncratic volition person an overdose oregon an vulnerability to an opioid oregon fentanyl, but we tin beryllium prepared for it."

The Narcan won't beryllium distributed to classrooms conscionable yet.

The territory is inactive moving connected an implementation and organisation plan, including discussing however unit volition beryllium trained and addressing immoderate reservations unit members whitethorn have.

FUSD has kept 2 doses of Narcan connected secondary schoolhouse campuses since August 2022. In the summertime of 2023, they expanded to each campuses.

The territory received its doses arsenic portion of statewide initiatives.

"So August of 23 we rolled it retired to each azygous schoolhouse tract and immoderate of our departments that person the nationalist walking connected field oregon connected their tract to bash business," said Liz Torres, FUSD Executive Director of Health Services.

Site leaders, nurses, and field information assistants are trained to administer the life-saving drug, but the territory has opened up the accidental for grooming to different unit members.

There are hopes to summation the magnitude of doses disposable connected campus, but it is much apt to beryllium stored successful each helping alternatively than each schoolroom to supply easier access.

"It would beryllium large to supply 1 successful each classroom, but volition we person radical who cognize however to usage it successful each of the classrooms who cognize however to respond," said Torres.

"Usually it volition inactive beryllium 'We request assistance,' and a caregiver volition be to that pupil and/or unfortunate who is having the overdose."

As of this schoolhouse year, Central Unified precocious schools person Narcan successful each classroom, each pupil liaison has them, and they're connected schoolhouse buses.

Middle Schools successful the territory person Narcan disposable successful the office, and each unit person besides been trained connected however to usage it.

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