Project FRIEND @projectFRIENDsf
EMS-based harm reduction in SF. Increasing education and access to naloxone & community resources for opioid use disorder. Run by EMS + Tox docs @ucsfdem San Francisco, CA Joined February 2019-
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Finally, an Effective Treatment for Methamphetamine Addiction - California Health Care Foundation chcf.org/blog/finally-e…
Laguna Honda Hospital cares for our most vulnerable residents and is a critical resource for our City. We have work to do to address issues at the hospital, and we are doing that work. But it should not be forced to close.
BREAKING: San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu and former City Attorney Louise Renne have both filed lawsuits against the federal government to halt the closure of Laguna Honda hospital. trib.al/xILMkds
CNN covered @SFFDPIO new Street Overdose Response Team #SFFDSORT #communityparamedic today.com/video/go-on-th…
Providing an individual with a @projectFRIENDsf Narcan Replacement is one of the many resources we provide to our community. This re-supply is for a person who saved a life moments ago.
On Wednesday, June 10, Project FRIEND will be hosting a webinar on EMS and public health interventions for opioid use disorder! Please join us! Info in the flyer.
If you’re not working for justice, stop calling for peace.
SF Sees Success Battling Drug Overdoses During COVID-19 - SF Weekly sfweekly.com/news/sf-sees-s…
As the patient was waking up, the lead medic told everyone to back up and give him some space. When everyone backs up, the lead medic kneels down a few feet from him and says, "My friend, we think you overdosed and someone gave you Narcan....
Project FRIEND in the news! San Francisco paramedics carry Narcan to curb fatal overdoses, give out to those at risk | KRON4 kron4.com/news/bay-area/…
Surprise guest: baby j, wants to know what your harm reduction strategy is!
Dr. Eric Silverman, lead educator for @projectFRIENDsf and of @ucsfdem breaks down the outcomes to date for the @sfdph EMS pilot program
Thank you Kristen Marshall of @DOPEproject and @HarmReduction: “Harm reduction is a philosophy... it’s strategies to be safe... a way of challenging stigma...of creating safety... is a spectrum from safety strategies to abstinence...to help people live their best lives.”
Thanks, Dr. Jake Lebin, EM Toxicology fellow from @ucsfdem and CA Poison Control, for sharing info regarding and dispelling myths about fentanyl and its analogues at the EMS Base Hospital Lecture series.
“#Harmreduction programs have been a huge part of my #recovery & my learning to live in balance. It was incredible to be met where I was at, with no shaming & to be honored & treated kindly" – Josiah Johnson, Harm Reduction Champion: harmreduction.org/champions
Week one complete of San Francisco’s Project FRIEND roll-out of EMS leave -behind narcan. Over two dozen kits distributed by our #911 providers! Thank you for the good work and public outreach! @SF_DPH @ucsfdem @SFFDPIO @Kingamerican @AMR_Social
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theDOPEProject @DOPEproject
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Melody Glenn, MD MFA @MGlennEM
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Naloxone Project @Sivana_Project
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SAN FRANCISCO FIRE DE... @SFFDPIO
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Hope Schwartz @hopeschwartzy
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SFDPH @SF_DPH
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Joelle Donofrio-Ödma... @PEMEMS
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