Episode 4: The use of Naloxone as a potential life saving practice in the construction industry
Construction Blueprints Podcast
Release Date: 02/29/2024
Uptime excellence: managing construction risk in the data center boom
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info_outlineSome construction sites might falsely believe that since narcotics are forbidden at the work site, this just simply shouldn't be a problem, or they might even think that having Naloxone might make people feel more of a sense of license that they can misuse narcotics at or near the workplace.
In this episode of Construction Blueprints, Jonathan Oppenheim, North America Regional Construction Leader, is joined by Jeff Levin Schurz, a Physician, Managing Director at WTW, and our North American Population Health Leader.
In the podcast, we explore the use of Naloxone as a potential life saving practice in the construction industry. This is an incredibly important topic as fatal drug overdoses have doubled in the U.S. since 2015.
For more information on the topic discussed in the podcast, please visit the following sources:
Surgeon General Advisory on Naloxone and Opioid Overdose (2022)