QPR Training
Thu, 14 Feb
|Downpatrick
Alps brings QPR training back to Downpatrick in association with Talk To Tom


Time & Location
14 Feb 2019, 09:00 – 15 Feb 2019, 18:00
Downpatrick, Downpatrick BT30, UK
About The Event
The Programme:
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. QPR can be learned in our Gatekeeper course in as little as one hour.
How is QPR like CPR?:
Both are interventions. Much of the world is familiar with CPR — short for cardiopulmonary resuscitation — an emergency medical intervention created in 1957 by Peter Safar. The process is designed to stabilize people who aren’t breathing or breathing intermittently and who may be…