Every day loved ones are lost to the tragedy of suicide but awareness and fast action can help save a life. QPR Institute trains people to recognize emotional cues and other warning signs a person is in crisis in much the same way CPR trains them to help a person in cardiac crisis.
What is QPR?
QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer -- 3 simple steps that 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. QPR can be learned in our Gatekeeper course in as little as one hour.
In one hour, you can become a Gatekeeper.
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 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 of 2014 over 2,000,000 people have been trained to be gatekeepers.
As a QPR-trained Gatekeeper you will learn to:
recognize the warning signs of suicide
know how to offer hope
know how to get help and save a life
For more information visit: https://www.qprinstitute.com/
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Sexual Exposure Chart
I remember seeing a Sexual Exposure Chart in a doctor's office several years ago and the math behind the calculations astonished me. Just a handful of partners could expose a person to so many dangerous infections and diseases. It shocked me and has stuck with me. Here are some STD awareness facts. Be abstinent, be monogamous, wait to have sex, and when you do be SAFE and have fun!
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), April is STD Awareness Month. In the CDC report, (February 13, 2013), citizens can find some troubling numbers. Consider the following summary of sexually transmitted infections (STIs):
20 Million – Annual New Sexually Transmitted Infections (incidence)
110 Million – Total Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs, new and existing – prevalence)
$16 Billion – Annual Total Medical Costs (the lifetime cost of treating eight of the most common STIs contracted in just one year)
Half – of all new STIs occur in young people (15-24 yrs.), mostly in the 20-24 yr. age range.
Are you curious how many people you, or someone you know, may have been exposed to by having multiple sexual partners? Google the Sexual Exposure Chart from the CDC
Did you know that the majority of high-school students (grades 9-12, combined) in the U.S., have not had sex?
Learn more at:
For the full CDC STD reports visit: http://www.cdc.gov/std/products/syndicated.htm
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