Bemidji State University to host Narcan training March 27

110321.N.BP.OPIOIDEVENT.jpg — Andrea Herold, health educator with Rural AIDS Action Network, shows a naloxone kit to attendees during an opioid awareness event on Oct. 28, 2021, in the Hagg-Sauer Hall auditorium at Bemidji State University.

By Pioneer Staff Report

March 23, 2023 at 10:34 AM

BEMIDJI — Bemidji State University will host an opioid awareness and Narcan training event at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, March 27, in Bensen Hall 115 on the BSU campus.

Andrea Herold, Rural AIDS Action Network educator and recovering opioid addict, will teach attendees how to recognize and respond to signs of an overdose including administering naloxone — commonly known as Narcan — to reverse overdoses.

The event is sponsored by the BSU Student Nurses Association, Rural AIDS Action Network and the BSU Center for Student Health and Counseling.

The event is open to the public and free to attend.

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Bemidji State University to host Narcan training March 27

Andrea Herold, educator and recovering opioid addict, will teach attendees how to recognize and respond to signs of an overdose including administering naloxone — or Narcan — to reverse overdoses.