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Adventist Health Clear Lake Offers Expanded Treatment Options for

Opioid Dependency


Originally Published By Lake County News



Public Health Institute's (PHI) California Bridge program aims to integrate addiction treatment into

standard medical practice, increasing access to treatment to save lives. A California Bridge program grant

to the Adventist Health hospital in rural Clear Lake, California is helping expand their Medication Assisted

Treatment program for patients suffering from opioid addiction.



Adventist Health hospital in rural Clear Lake, California is helping expand their Medication

Assisted Treatment (MAT) program for patients suffering from opioid addiction. With help

from PHI’s California Bridge program, the hospital is able to treat people with medication for

addiction in the emergency department as they enter care and help them coordinate the

​treatment they need after discharge from the hospital.


Tina Allen, a a substance use navigator at Adventist Health said, “For the first time, instead of just

discharging a patient from the emergency department we will be able to provide an opportunity for them

to get into recovery and connected to services the same day or next day.”




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Hope Rising Continues SafeRx Opioid Prevention With Help of

AmeriCorps VISTA


 
Thursday, June 04, 2020 (Clearlake, CA) – Hope Rising Lake County is continuing the fight against opioid

use disorder with AmeriCorps VISTA, Rebecca Schwartz. Ms. Schwartz spearheads SafeRx Lake County’s

Naloxone overdose reversal training and distribution program which has successfully contributed to 40

overdose reversals in 2020.
 

Since August of 2019, SafeRx has distributed 1,281 free prepackaged Naloxone nasal spray kits at 7

community events and 17 private organization trainings including Rotary Clubs, Lake County Child Welfare,

Kelseyville High School and Upper Lake Middle School. “We are most proud of getting naloxone into the

schools and training teachers and staff,” says Schwartz. “Companies and organizations believe having

naloxone around might be useful. Not only does it save lives, it keeps our community safer overall.”

 
The current goal of the SafeRx program is to educate the general public about the opioid crisis and the

benefits of naloxone. Training and distribution of naloxone kits since the program’s inception have

numbered over 2,200. “It always warms my heart when we hand out more kits than there are people in

the room. One of my favorite memories is handing out 100 kits after we trained 40-50 people.” Many

people who receive training will take and extra kit to have on hand.

 
Naloxone is a medication designed to rapidly reverse an opioid overdose. It can very quickly restore normal

respiration to a person whose breathing has slowed or stopped as a result of overdosing with heroin or

opioid medications. In some cases it can prevent someone who is having an overdose from dying.

“Naloxone is very safe. It is impossible to get high from naloxone. It is even safe on babies and dogs.  If you

administer naloxone to someone who you thought was overdosing but wasn't, it will not make their

condition any worse. If you use it on a healthy person it will have no affects. Naloxone can only help, not

hurt.”

 
While working with Hope Rising, Schwartz has created marketing materials for Medicine Assisted

Treatment programs, an addiction treatment locator website ( SafeRx/Recovery Now

Portal:  http://www.hoperisinglc.org/SafeRX) a monthly SafeRx newsletter, and stigma training materials

for private organizations.
 
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About Hope Rising

Hope Rising serves as a neutral convener to bring together leaders in our county to identify issues, develop

innovative solutions, and implement agreed-upon actions with accountability and measurable outcomes.

Hope Rising acts to raise, manage and disburse funds. Additionally, Hope Rising provides facilitation and

project management support to drive the work forward and keep projects on track, ensuring active

engagement of stakeholders and a focus on outcomes. Learn more about Hope Rising

​at 
 http://www.hoperisinglc.org/
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