RMC Suicide Prevention QPR Training
Date: February 7, 2023
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Regional Medical Center – Veterans Education Center Level 3
FREE – Registration Required
Call 563-927-7551 or sign up online at https://bit.ly/3Eu6W1C
This free training will teach you how to help prevent suicide. You will be taught how to question, persuade and refer someone who may be suicidal. Ages 12 and older are welcome to attend.
Plan for an interactive learning session, lasting approximately 1½-2 hours. This training will be interactive with a combination of presentation, question and answers, and discussion points.
QPR is a training that focuses on three steps anyone can learn to help prevent suicide. It is the most widely taught gatekeeper training in the world. You will learn how to question, persuade and refer someone who may be suicidal.
Ryan Nesbit, training instructor, is the co-director of Alive and Running Iowa and has done nearly 350 suicide prevention trainings. Ryan will share is own stories of suicide, loss and suicidal intention.
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