Fact Sheet

The National Association of School Nurses has issued a position statement that the school nurse is an “essential member of the school health team to address student concussions.” This fact sheet outlines how, as a school-based healthcare professional, the school nurse is likely to be the school staff member with the most comprehensive knowledge of mild brain injury.

This resource explores how Ohio's naloxone access and Good Samaritan laws differ from those in most other states, and in ways that may make them less easy to communicate and possibly less effective.

Maryland’s current 911 system was developed in the 1960s, and what was state-of-the-art in communications then, is woefully outdated now. As a result, the system does not provide the most effective and efficient emergency response possible.

Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) are state-run databases that collect information on specified medications at the point of dispensing. The data is available to medical professionals and others, as permitted by relevant law. PDMPs can help clinicians improve decisions regarding opioid prescribing.

This resource examines Indiana's combined naloxone access and overdose Good Samaritan law, and how it differs from those in other states.

In Colorado, 899 people died of drug-related overdoses in 2014 -- most of these deaths were caused by opioids. This fact sheet provides an overview of Colorado's law to increase access to naloxone, an opioid overdose antidote.

With the signing of the South Carolina Overdose Prevention Act on June 3, 2014, the state made it more likely that naloxone will be available when and where it is needed. This fact sheet explains the provisions of the Overdose Prevention Act.

This document is intended to assist health officers and their attorneys by identifying potential actions and linking to the applicable law.

This report analyzes the extent to which Michigan statutes facilitate or hinder the ability of local health departments to deliver these essential services.

This fact sheet provides information on Pennsylvania's Act 139, which provides limited immunity to overdose victims and bystanders that seek medical help, and increases accesss to naloxone, a drug that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.

This fact sheet is intended to assist local health officers and their attorneys draft orders to protect the public from environmental hazards by identifying the elements for these orders.