Quick Response Team
Do you know of anyone who has overdosed?
Have you wanted to help them?
Quick Response Team (QRT) was started in the beginning of 2018 as a partnership between First Responders and other community entities in an effort to reduce the amount of overdoses in the Wilmington area. In the first year, the team consisting of Peer Support and Licensed Clinicians, met with 148 individuals, 122 of whom successfully entered into treatment. The team provides outreach to at-risk populations and is actively training different members of the community to increase referrals for assistance.
- NO FINANCIAL BARRIERS!
- Help loved ones get into treatment!
- Get the help you or someone you know may need!
- We will even come to you!
Interested? Questions? Call 910-833-2052
Figure 1. Number of overdose deaths involving opioids in North Carolina, by opioid category. Drug categories presented are not mutually exclusive, and deaths might have involved more than one substance. Source: CDC WONDER.
Figure 2. North Carolina rate of overdose deaths involving prescription opioids and the opioid prescribing rate. Source: CDC and CDC WONDER.
Funded by the North Carolina Department of Public Safety OPIOIDPRJ2017-2019