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10 <br /> <br />New Opiate Overdose Protocol <br /> New optional State Protocol we are adopting in July 2018 <br /> Provides for a pathway when overdose patients refuse transport <br />o Clean needle exchange <br />o Naloxone kit to the patient/bystander/family <br />o Resources in the area for detoxification and support <br /> <br />Orange County COORE Program <br /> Our part of the program is to provide Naloxone kits and education for patients who <br />experience a reversal with naloxone <br /> Cooperation between Orange County Sheriff’s Office, Orange County Emergency <br />Services, the Criminal Justice Department, and the Health Department <br /> <br />DNR Pilot Program (photo) <br /> The bracelet contains a pdf of the original DNR. This is a sample DNR. <br /> <br />DNR Pilot Program <br /> This pilot involves OCES, UNC Hospitals, Carol Woods, and NCOEMS <br /> The state’s first use of an electronic version of Do Not Resuscitate orders <br /> A pdf file of the resident’s DNR is placed on the bracelet <br /> Bracelet stores DNR on a standard USB drive <br /> USB is readable on standard USB port <br /> This pdf is considered a live DNR by the State of NC <br /> <br />Next Steps! <br /> Continued testing <br /> 8 information sessions are being scheduled at Carol Woods <br /> Over 100 additional Carol Woods residents have requested access to the DNR bracelet <br /> Several information sessions hosted by our Department on Aging have resulted in <br />enthusiastic interest in expanding this program Countywide. <br /> <br />Commissioner Burroughs said she appreciated this information and the DNR bracelet, in <br />particular. She said it is hard to talk about death, but it is important to do so. <br />Commissioner Price asked if the schools have naloxone. <br />Kim Woodard said she is unable to answer that, but she can reach out to the schools to <br />find out this information. <br />Commissioner Price said students report that drugs are in the schools, and she would <br />like some more information about this. <br />Chair Dorosin asked if there is a funding source for the DNR bracelets. <br />Kim Woodard said UNC Hospital-Hillsborough provided for the pilot program, and she <br />said EMS has budgeted a small amount to purchase additional bracelets. She said EMS will <br />reach back out to UNC Hospitals in the next week or so to purchase additional bracelets. <br /> <br />e. Resolution Supporting Net Neutrality <br />The Board considered voting to approve a resolution calling upon the United States <br />Congress and President Donald Trump to approve and sign legislation to fully restore Net <br />Neutrality and authorize the Chair to sign. <br />Jim Northup, Chief Information Officer, said net neutrality is an important principle that <br />has guided the Internet for the last 50 years, and he said net neutrality means there is no <br />throttling of any kind of information across the Internet by any vendor. He said over the past few <br />years, it has become a hot button item, and in 2015 the FCC wrote into its regulations that