Naloxone & Opioid Overdose Response Training
Request Overdose Response Training
Be prepared to recognize and respond to a suspected opioid overdose.
Arizona Premier CPR provides practical overdose-response education designed to help individuals, workplaces, caregivers, and community organizations understand how to recognize a possible opioid overdose, administer naloxone, activate emergency medical services, and provide appropriate support until help arrives.
Training can be provided independently or incorporated into a broader workplace safety and emergency-preparedness program.
What Is Naloxone?
Naloxone is an opioid-overdose reversal medication that can rapidly reverse the dangerous effects of opioids during a suspected overdose.
Narcan® is one brand of naloxone nasal spray. Naloxone nasal sprays are designed so that people without medical training can administer them during an emergency.
Naloxone is an emergency intervention—not a substitute for professional medical care. Emergency medical services should still be activated whenever an opioid overdose is suspected.
What You Will Learn
Overdose Response Training focuses on helping participants recognize an emergency and take appropriate action.
Training may include:
- Understanding opioids and opioid overdose
- Recognizing common signs of a suspected overdose
- Determining when naloxone may be appropriate
- Understanding how naloxone works
- Administering naloxone nasal spray
- Calling 911 and activating emergency medical services
- Supporting breathing while emergency help is responding
- Understanding when additional naloxone may be needed
- Positioning and monitoring an unconscious person
- Remaining with the individual until professional help arrives
- Understanding the importance of personal and scene safety
Recognizing a Possible Opioid Overdose
Possible warning signs can include:
- Person cannot be awakened
- Very slow, shallow, irregular, or absent breathing
- Gurgling, choking, or unusual snoring sounds in someone who cannot be awakened
- Very small “pinpoint” pupils
- Pale, gray, or bluish discoloration, especially around the lips or nails
When in doubt, treat the situation as a possible overdose and activate emergency assistance.
What to Do During a Suspected Overdose
Naloxone Is Not a Substitute for 911
Naloxone can reverse opioid effects quickly, but its effects may not last as long as the opioid involved.
Always activate emergency medical services during a suspected opioid overdose.
A person who initially responds to naloxone may become unresponsive again and may require additional treatment or another naloxone dose.
Who Should Consider This Training?
Who Is Overdose Response Training For?
This training can benefit individuals and organizations that want to strengthen their emergency preparedness, including:
- Workplace employees
- Teachers and school personnel
- College and university communities
- Security personnel
- Caregivers
- Community organizations
- Behavioral-health and social-service teams
- Healthcare support staff
- Hospitality and public-facing employees
- Fitness and recreation facilities
- Friends and family members
- Anyone who wants to be prepared to respond to a suspected opioid overdose
Important Certification Clarification
Is This an American Heart Association Certification?
Standalone Arizona Premier CPR Naloxone / Overdose Response Training should not be represented as an AHA certification unless it is specifically being delivered as part of an applicable authorized AHA course.
Naloxone and opioid-response content may appear within certain AHA curricula, but a standalone overdose-response training program is separate from an AHA BLS or Heartsaver certification.
Add Overdose Response to CPR / First Aid Training
Add Overdose Preparedness to Your Training
Overdose response can complement broader emergency-response education.
Organizations may choose to include naloxone and overdose-response education alongside training such as:
- Heartsaver CPR AED
- Heartsaver First Aid
- Heartsaver First Aid CPR AED
- BLS for healthcare teams
- Workplace emergency-preparedness programs
Overdose Response Training does not replace CPR, BLS, or First Aid certification. Each program addresses different emergency-response skills.
Group & On-Site Training
Overdose Response Training for Organizations
Arizona Premier CPR can provide overdose-response education for workplaces, schools, healthcare organizations, community groups, and other teams.
Group training can be coordinated around:
- Number of participants
- Workplace safety needs
- Existing CPR/First Aid training
- Training location
- Scheduling requirements
- Whether overdose response is being taught independently or alongside other emergency-preparedness training
On-site training may be available for qualifying organizations.
Overdose Response Training in Tempe, Arizona
Arizona Premier CPR provides emergency-response and safety training at our professional Tempe training location:
Arizona Premier CPR
3030 S Rural Rd suite 109, Tempe, AZ, USA
Open today | 08:00 am – 08:00 pm |
Group and on-site training options may also be available for organizations throughout the surrounding Arizona communities.
Frequently Asked Questions
Please reach us at Training@azpremiercpr.com if you cannot find an answer to your question.
Narcan is a brand of naloxone nasal spray used for the emergency treatment of a known or suspected opioid overdose.
Yes. Multiple FDA-approved naloxone nasal spray products are currently available over the counter in the United States.
FDA-approved over-the-counter naloxone nasal sprays are designed so that members of the public can administer them during a suspected opioid overdose. Follow the instructions supplied with the product.
Yes. Naloxone is temporary emergency treatment. Call 911 and remain with the person until emergency medical help arrives.
CDC recommends treating an uncertain situation like a possible opioid overdose when warning signs are present. Administer an available opioid-overdose reversal medication and activate emergency assistance.
Yes. Additional naloxone may be necessary if the person does not respond or overdose symptoms return. Continue following the product instructions and emergency-dispatch guidance.
Standalone Naloxone / Overdose Response Training is separate from AHA BLS and Heartsaver certification unless specifically incorporated into an authorized AHA course.
Yes. Arizona Premier CPR can incorporate overdose-response education into broader emergency-preparedness or group-training arrangements when appropriate.
Yes. Group and on-site options may be available depending on group size, location, scheduling, and training needs.
Be Prepared to Respond to an Opioid Overdose
Opioid emergencies can happen in workplaces, homes, schools, healthcare environments, and public settings.
Learning to recognize a suspected overdose, administer naloxone, activate 911, and provide appropriate emergency support can help prepare you to respond when every minute matters.
Individual training, group education, and workplace options may be available through Arizona Premier CPR.
Use of American Heart Association materials in an educational course does not represent course sponsorship by the American Heart Association. Any fees charged for such a course, except for a portion of fees needed for AHA course materials, do not represent income to the Association.
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