Education & Training Tools

ODMAP is a simple, web-based mapping tool that allows public safety and public health organizations to report and track suspected drug overdose events in near real time so that responses to sudden increases or spikes in overdose events can be mobilized.

The Kentucky Occupational Safety and Health Surveillance (KOSHS) Program and the Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program offer toolkits for a variety of industries, including construction, trucking, towing and more. There are also video trainings available.

The Kentucky Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) program has several training tools available. Videos from the annual Harm Reduction Summit are available, featuring presentations, roundtable discussions and continuing education courses.

From Crisis to Care: Opioid Overdose Interventions for First Responders, presented by the Kentucky Department for Public Health in partnership with the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services, offers an up-to-date overview of current opioid use trends along with evidence-based recommendations for responding to an overdose safely and appropriately. One hour of Continuing Education credit is available for emergency medical service professionals, nurses, social workers, and community health workers.

While this training is directed specifically to those who may respond to an opioid overdose during the course of job duties, it offers detailed content examining fentanyl in the unregulated drug supply, misconceptions around fentanyl exposure risks, current naloxone formulations, the importance of rescue breathing, and the new Find Naloxone Now KY website. This extensive information will be relevant to agencies that offer overdose education and naloxone distribution, harm reduction services, and anyone working to improve health outcomes for people who use drugs.