Nov. 10, 2020

Raising Awareness of Rural Suicide Calls with Adrianne Miller

Raising Awareness of Rural Suicide Calls with Adrianne Miller
Raising Awareness of Rural Suicide Calls with Adrianne Miller
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Raising Awareness of Rural Suicide Calls with Adrianne Miller

Lori Henricksen, director of the emergency telecommunications program for high schoolers at the Veterans Tribute Career and Technical Academy in Las Vegas (Nevada), discusses the creation of her program and the challenges it presents,

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Adrianne Miller, QA/QI and ETC instructor for Ford County 911 Communications, discusses dealing with suicide calls in rural areas, whether from the callers themselves or from people reporting the aftermath. She talks about her own personal experiences with these calls and the resources emergency dispatchers can use to recover from them. For Your Information: National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 800-273-8255