Rosie Gilliver presented at the NDARC Webinar Series on Thursday 26 August 2021.
How do we respond to opioid overdose in the community? A review from a Primary Health Care Centre in Kings Cross, Sydney.
Opioid overdose remains an urgent issue in our community. Every year many people have their lives affected by accidental opioid overdose. Take Home Naloxone (THN) is one of the ways we can effectively respond to this crisis. This presentation included a brief overview of THN in Australia, look at the basics of naloxone, how we can provide THN to our community members and provide a review of THN at the Kirketon Road Centre, a Primary Health Care Centre in Kings Cross, Sydney.
About the speaker
Rosie Gilliver is a registered nurse and holds a Masters of Nursing in Advanced Clinical Practice.
Rosie is the Clinical Nurse Consultant in Clinical Development and Research at the Kirketon Road Centre in Kings Cross, where she works clinically across a wide range of specialities including alcohol and other drugs, sexual health, HIV and viral hepatitis, both in a primary and outreach setting.