Question.Persuade.Refer.
Three steps anyone can take to help save a life.
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 suicide crisis and how to question, persuade, and refer someone to help.
QPR is a nationally certified program taught by certified trainers. The course focuses on training individuals to be "Gatekeepers" - 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 other who are strategically positioned to recognize and refer someone at risk of suicide.
