Course Overview

Course Length: 1 Hour

$25

Delivering a death notification to the family of a fellow responder is one of the hardest things any person could be tasked with in their career. Families and agency personnel will forever remember how they were treated during a time of immense tragedy. This course is intended to equip peer support team personnel with foundational tips and strategies of handling death notifications, hospital response, and family support, however, it could be utilized by any responder that may find themselves in one of these pivotal roles. We recommend that peer support leaders and/or trauma response team leaders seek advanced training in these areas.

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Course Objectives

  • Identify ways peer support teams can prepare for a line of duty death event.

  • Discover several tips and advice about how to effectively deliver a death notification.

  • Discuss ways peer support teams and other support staff can provide assistance to responder families and responding agencies at the hospital and throughout the bereavement process.

What to expect:

  • High quality video instruction from our course presenters

  • A state-of-the-art learning environment with easy course navigation and the ability to access your courses on any device

  • Course support

Meet Your Instructor:

Emily Hitchings

Now the Director of Agency Partnerships and Programming at NERPSC, Emily was a police officer for nearly 17 years. As the employee support officer, she led their peer support team and managed wellness programs for her department. Emily is recognized state-wide for her work and has been pivotal in helping build wellness programs for departments of all sizes across the country. Emily is a certified financial master coach and a responder curriculum instructor for the Center for Relationship Education (CRE). This curriculum teaches responders effective communication skills that can benefit their personal and professional relationships. She is also currently working on a MA in counseling, to assist emergency responders through therapy, crisis response, and trauma treatment.