Seattle Fire Department and Harborview Downtown Programs hold pop-up clinic in Little Saigon to connect people with substance use medication

The four-day pop-up event was held at Hoa Mai park in mid-September to provide people with opioid use disorder with long-acting injectable buprenorphine

SEATTLE – The Seattle Fire Department (SFD), UW Medicine’s Harborview Downtown Programs/UW Medicine, and partner agencies held a pop-up clinic at Hoa Mai park in Little Saigon on Sept. 9, 10, 11 and 12. The event’s purpose was to offer individuals with an opioid addiction a long-acting injection of buprenorphine which is a gold standard medication for opioid use disorder. A field-based, low-barrier approach has not previously been tried in the City for injectable buprenorphine, which is particularly effective among patients who are homeless or have unstable housing.

SFD Health One firefighter/EMTs, Seattle Human Services Department case