Opioid Rapid Response System: Naloxone Training in Communities

ORRS is on online system to train citizen responders to administer NARCAN to save the lives of opioid overdose victims. It capitalizes on the innovative PulsePoint technology to connect responders to overdose events. PulsePoint is an app that connects 911 requesting assistance for cardiac arrests to responders with Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training. ORRS allows us to partner with PulsePoint users to expand its reach to opioid overdoses, which share the need for a quick response that emergency responders are often unable to provide. ORRS has the advantage of expanding the population of responders with NARCAN, rescue breathing, and CPR training that can be connected to overdose events, increasing the likelihood of saving overdose victims' lives through a quick, efficient response. ORRS is delivered through an interactive, digital platform containing sequential, multi-media modules.

"Investigators will provide online training about opioid prevalence in US, opioid mechanism, side effect, and addiction. However, Investigators do not provide any knowledge about opioid overdose management and naloxone in this training.~Once the project is completed, participants will receive online Naloxone training."