Workplace Violence Prevention & Situational Awareness Training for Healthcare Providers
Protect your employees & your business. Plan & train to prevent violence. New California Law: Workplace Violence Prevention Plans Required ...
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Instructor
Davis Koh, DPT, MBA, CSCS
- Description
- Curriculum
Ensure compliance with California’s new workplace violence prevention law (SB 553) and prioritize the safety of your staff with this comprehensive training course.
DID YOU KNOW?
- 18% of violent crimes (22% of all male and 15% of all female violent crimes) were committed while the victim was working or on duty*OSHA.
- According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries (CFOI), of the 5,147 fatal workplace injuries that occurred in the United States in 2017 *OSHA
- Assaults on health workers is 8 of 10,000 compared with 2 of 10,000 for private-sector industries
- In 2011-2013, US healthcare workers suffered 15,000 to 20,000 serious workplace-violence-related injuries
- In 2000-2011, the US had 154 hospital-related shootings
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Discuss practices and prevention strategies to mitigate threats and violence in the healthcare setting
- Recognize potential workplace violence indicators
- Identify physiological responses to stress especially in a violent situation
- Recognize avoidance of detected threat
- Identify breakaway/evade
- Recognize defense environment
- Identify tactical mindset
- Identify lockdown/protective barricading tactics and techniques
Lecture
