Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) Suicide Prevention Training

2261 Walton Way,Augusta GA 30904

10 November, 2022

Description

QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — the 3 simple steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. Just as people trained in CPR and the Heimlich Maneuver help save thousands of lives each year, people trained in QPR learn how to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help. Each year thousands of Americans, like you, are saying "Yes" to saving the life of a friend, colleague, sibling, or neighbor. According to the Surgeon General’s National Strategy for Suicide Prevention (2001), a gatekeeper is someone in a position to recognize a crisis and the warning signs that someone may be contemplating suicide. Gatekeepers can be anyone, but include parents, friends, neighbors, teachers, ministers, doctors, nurses, office supervisors, squad leaders, foremen, police officers, advisors, caseworkers, firefighters, and many others who are strategically positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide. As a QPR-trained Gatekeeper you will learn to: Recognize the warning signs of suicideKnow how to offer hopeKnow how to get help and save a lifeLearn ways to better support yourself and others by joining us for this free, one-time, 90 minute training. Question. Persuade. Refer. Ask a question, save a life! _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Event hosted by Mental Health America, lunch provided.