SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WPRI) — Resident advisors are already on campus at the University of Rhode Island (URI) as they prepare for the return of their fellow classmates.

While the early return to school comes with bystander training sessions, this year a new state law requires RAs to be trained on overdose tools like naloxone.

During an hour-long training session, it only took Catherine Ahern less than a minute to show students how to administer the lifesaving nasal spray.

"You're going to put the top part into the person's nose and push down," she told the RAs.

But Friday's training also focused on what RAs need to do before and after they try to treat someone who may be overdosing, from recognizing the symptoms, to talking to the person after they've woken up.

Ahern said those skill

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