Naloxone and opioid resources

The following resources have been developed by Ashley Cid (PharmD), Prof. Michael Beazely, Prof. Kelly Grindrod and Alec Patten, biology student. They are available for use by health-care providers, service providers, patients and community members.

Permission requests for reproduction, adaptation, translation or other uses of any of these resources in electronic or print media, educational materials etc. should be directed to phrcpd@uwaterloo.ca.

Naloxone and health-care practice infographics

Normalizing naloxone (downloadable PDF below) Normalizing naloxone (PDF)

Take home naloxone saves lives (downloadable PDF below) Take-home naloxone saves lifes (PDF)

Naloxone Q&As (downloadable PDF below) Naloxone Q&As (PDF)

Four tips for naloxone training for health-care providers (downloadable PDF below)

Four tips for naloxone training for health-care providers (PDF)

Naloxone counselling checklists

Use these checklists to help you counsel about naloxone and save it in the patient's file for your records.

Injectable checklist (accessible PDF for download)

Naloxone checklist - injectable (3 pages, PDF)

Intranasal checklist (accessible PDF below)

Naloxone checklist - intranasal (3 pages, PDF)

Posters and cards

Naloxone can save your life poster Naloxone can save your life (PDF)

Patient non verbal card

Patient non-verbal request card (PDF)

Naloxone reminder poster (PDF)

Pharmacist pocket card (download below)

Pharmacist pocketcard for offering naloxone (PDF)

FAQ One-pagers

Intro to infographics Introduction to the FAQ one-pagers (PDF)

naloxone myths infographic Naloxone myths part one (PDF)

naloxone myths infographic part 2

Naloxone myths part two (PDF)

naloxone effectiveness infographic Naloxone effectiveness (PDF)

access and barriers to naloxone

Access and barriers (PDF)

List of supporting resources infographic List of FAQ supporting resources (PDF)

Intramuscular vs intranasal naloxone infographic Intramuscular versus intranasal naloxone (PDF)

after the overdose infographic

After the overdose (PDF)

Flashcards

Naloxone and pharmacy video resources

Pharmacist quote videos

How do you increase your comfort with dispensing naloxone to patients?

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How have you adapted to optimize naloxone distribution to patients?

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Naloxone save lives: how health-care practitioners can optimize naloxone distribution

Watch video on YouTube

Below is a presentation by Prof. Kelly Grindrod on Opioids and Naloxone. Professor Grindrod's slides can be used in training efforts, with credit to the author.