Sitka public health nurse Denise Ewing is spearheading a project to prevent opioid overdose deaths among industrial workers, starting with Southeast Alaska fisheries. It's called Project Gabe after Ewing’s son, who died of an opioid overdose this January.
June 14, 2022A group of about a dozen state health nurses and volunteers met in Juneau on Friday to assemble opioid emergency kits for fish processing plants in Southeast Alaska.
Sitka public health nurse Denise Ewing is spearheading the project. Its goals are raising awareness around opioid overdoses, educating people about the risks of fentanyl and providing industrial workers with overdose prevention resources. Ewing educated new hires about opioids at their start-of-the-season orientation meetings. She talked about the risk of fentanyl, a potent and cheap synthetic opioid that’s been driving record overdose rates in the state.
Mike Duckworth Jr. is the plant manager for Silver Bay Seafood in Sitka. He said when Ewing reached out about Project Gabe, the idea “hit home” for him — a member of his extended family had overdosed, too.
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State to put opioid emergency kits in seafood plants and harbors across Southeast AlaskaSitka public health nurse Denise Ewing is spearheading a project to prevent opioid overdose deaths among industrial workers, starting with Southeast Alaska fisheries. It's called Project Gabe after Ewing’s son, who died of an opioid overdose this January.
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