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10 <br />1 Opioid Abuse in Orange County <br />2 Naloxone Use in North Carolina <br />3 • Naloxone was administered 16,037 times by EMS agencies across the State in 2017 <br />4 • This is an 89 % increase since 2011 <br />5 • Naloxone is administered 44 times a day across North Carolina by EMS agencies <br />6 <br />7 Unintended opioid- related overdose rates per 100,000 persons 2010 -2016 (map) <br />8 <br />9 Incidence in Orange County <br />10 • 2013 — EMS administered Naloxone 34 times <br />11 • 2017 — EMS administered Naloxone 80 times <br />12 • 2018 — 32 administrations as of 5/31/2018 <br />13 • Law Enforcement Naloxone Initiative in 2015 <br />14 o 33 reversals (and rising) <br />15 <br />16 New Opiate Overdose Protocol <br />17 • New optional State Protocol we are adopting in July 2018 <br />18 • Provides for a pathway when overdose patients refuse transport <br />19 o Clean needle exchange <br />20 o Naloxone kit to the patient /bystander /family <br />21 o Resources in the area for detoxification and support <br />22 <br />23 Orange County COORE Program <br />24 • Our part of the program is to provide Naloxone kits and education for patients who <br />25 experience a reversal with naloxone <br />26 • Cooperation between Orange County Sheriff's Office, Orange County Emergency <br />27 Services, the Criminal Justice Department, and the Health Department <br />28 <br />29 DNR Pilot Program (photo) <br />30 • The bracelet contains a pdf of the original DNR. This is a sample DNR. <br />31 <br />32 DNR Pilot Program <br />33 • This pilot involves OCES, UNC Hospitals, Carol Woods, and NCOEMS <br />34 • The state's first use of an electronic version of Do Not Resuscitate orders <br />35 • A pdf file of the resident's DNR is placed on the bracelet <br />36 • Bracelet stores DNR on a standard USB drive <br />37 • USB is readable on standard USB port <br />38 • This pdf is considered a live DNR by the State of NC <br />39 <br />40 Next Steps! <br />41 • Continued testing <br />42 • 8 information sessions are being scheduled at Carol Woods <br />43 • Over 100 additional Carol Woods residents have requested access to the DNR bracelet <br />44 • Several information sessions hosted by our Department on Aging have resulted in <br />45 enthusiastic interest in expanding this program Countywide. <br />46 <br />47 Commissioner Burroughs said she appreciated this information and the DNR bracelet, in <br />48 particular. She said it is hard to talk about death, but it is important to do so. <br />49 Commissioner Price asked if the schools have naloxone. <br />50 Kim Woodard said she is unable to answer that, but she can reach out to the schools to <br />51 find out this information. <br />