HOUSTON, Oct. 7 -- The University of Houston issued the following news release:
Expansion brings lifesaving naloxone training to first responders across Harris and
Fort Bend counties
By
Bryan Luhn
Building on eight years of work: The four-year grant extends a program co-founded by Dr. James Bray, chair and clinical
professor at the University of Houston's Fertitta College of Medicine, that has provided
naloxone to Houston[HG1] [HG2] -area first responders and trained them to administer
it to reverse potentially fatal overdoses.
A lifesaving program that trains first responders to recognize opioid overdoses and
administer naloxone is expanding across Greater Houston with support from a new $3
million federal grant.
The four-year grant ...