QPR Gatekeeper Training

Good Shepherd Health Care System (GSHCS) is a progressive non-profit community health system located in Hermiston, Oregon founded in 1954 by a group of well-minded community members in an effort to make local health care available to the greater Hermiston community. Accredited by Det Norske Veritas, GSHCS has grown to provide inpatient care, emergency services, same-day surgery and a wide range of outpatient imaging and lab services.  Additional services include primary and specialty care offered by the Good Shepherd Medical Group, Home Health, Good Shepherd Clinic Pharmacy (with locations in Hermiston and Boardman), Vange John Memorial Hospice, Home Medical Equipment retail outlet, and the Good Shepherd Community Health Foundation.

Good Shepherd Health Care System

QPR Institute's Mission: To save lives &amp; reduce suicidal behaviors by providing innovative, practical &amp; proven suicide prevention training

What does QPR mean?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.What is 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 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:<ul><li>Recognize the warning signs of suicide</li><li>Know how to offer hope</li><li>Know how to get help and save a life</li></ul>Presented by: Tim Handforth, assisted by Liz Courtney.Tim Handforth is a retired combat veteran who currently works as the Zero Suicide Coordinator for Community Counseling Solutions serving Gilliam, Grant, Morrow, Umatilla and Wheeler Counties. He is a passionate advocate for suicide prevention, having experienced loss of family and friends to suicide, and embraces the Zero Suicide Philosophy of reducing suicide deaths to zero.Liz Courtney is currently a Mental Health Specialist with Community Counseling Services, serving the employees at Good Shepherd Health Care System through the Resilience, Education, Peer Support program and a clinician with the Umatilla County Treatment Court. She has worked for over 15 years in the field of mental health and human services. Liz is passionate about supporting others in becoming more comfortable with difficult conversations in hopes that more deaths by suicide will be prevented.

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