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Ask a Question, Save a Life…
Question, Persuade & Refer (QPR)
Suicide Prevention Training
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. 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 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
To learn more about QPR, visit the QPR Institute website at www.qprinstitute.com.
Thursday, May 10th
6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Presented by
Mich Magness
Coordinator of Aging and Long Term Care
Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Reception following
Free and open to the public
No registration required
Laureate Conference Center
6655 S. Yale
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136
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Special thanks to Connie Conrad, Gay & Lesbian Fund for Tulsa, Laureate Psychiatric Clinic and Hospital, Liberty Press, Mich Magness, Wild Fork, the members of the planning committee for their years of dedication and work, and the family of Charles Seger for their vision and support.
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