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S2E3: Why 90% Leave Narcan at Home (And How N-Case is Fixing It) with Matt Bitner-Glindzicz
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Welcome back to The Shield Podcast! Today we have our first-ever virtual guest: Matt Bitner-Glindzicz, the aerospace engineer and co-founder of nCase Tech.
After his fiancée tragically lost a childhood friend to an opioid overdose simply because their life-saving Narcan was left at home, Matt realized there was a massive gap in overdose prevention. The medication is too bulky and highly stigmatized, resulting in 90% of owners leaving it behind. Matt left the space-tech industry to engineer a virtually indestructible, discreet, waterproof keychain case for Narcan.
In this episode, Nichole and Matt discuss the tragic origins of nCase, the public health data proving its massive success, and how you can get one for yourself to help save lives at festivals, concerts, and in your daily life.
In this episode, we cover:
- Why 90% of people leave their Narcan at home.
- The tragic event that sparked the creation of N-Case.
- Why the blister pack is terrible for carrying Naloxone.
- The engineering behind making a waterproof, crush-proof case.
- How the APC is distributing these in Birmingham.
Thank you to our Season 2 sponsor: The Children's Trust Fund of Alabama.
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