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DHSS Press Release

Dr. Kara Odom Walker, Secretary
Jill Fredel, Director of Communications
302-255-9047, Cell 302-357-7498
Email: jill.fredel@delaware.gov

DPH Media Contact:
Jennifer Brestel
302-744-4907, Cell 302-612-6223
Email: Jennifer.brestel@delaware.gov

Date: January 14, 2020
DHSS-01-2020

MEDIA ADVISORY: PUBLIC HEALTH AND DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING TRAINING FOR VIOLENT INTRUDER INCIDENTS AND BLEEDING EMERGENCIES

WHAT:	The Division of Public Health (DPH) Office of Emergency Medical Service (OEMS) and the Department of Safety and Homeland Security (DSHS) are providing life-saving training to Delaware's three casinos and other sites to use during violent intruder incidents and bleeding emergencies. Instructors will teach participants multiple lifesaving techniques, including how to prepare for a situation involving a violent intruder, how to apply a tourniquet correctly to stop major bleeding, how to pack bleeding wounds, and how to use other bleeding control methods, with and without medical materials.
WHEN:	Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
AGENDA:	11:00 a.m. - Violent Intruder Preparedness Response (VIPR) training 11:30 a.m. - "Stop the Bleed" training 12:00 p.m. - Hands-on tourniquet training 12:30 p.m. - Training and media opportunity concludes
VISUALS:	Dover Downs staff receiving violent intruder preparedness response training, and applying pressure and tourniquets to life-size artificial training limbs; Instructors providing training to participants.
WHERE:	Dover Downs Hotel & Casino Diamond Room - 4th Floor 1131 N. Dupont Hwy. Dover, DE 19901
WHO:	VIPR Instructor Master Corporal Angela Garnsey, DSHS' Division of Gaming Enforcement. Stop the Bleed Instructors Karen Terzaghi and Robin Brown, DPH Office of Emergency Medical Services. Approximately 1,000 Dover Downs employees are being trained this week at two daytime trainings and one evening training. Each training is one and a half hours. DSHS and OEMS have already completed trainings at Harrington Raceway and Casino and at Delaware Park Race Track and Casino.
WHY:	The Violent Intruder Preparedness Response (VIPR) training is proactive. It teaches participants how to react and act during such a scenario. Instruction is focused on the Run. Hide. Fight. strategy. Stop the Bleed training is intended to encourage bystanders to act when a bleeding emergency occurs by training, equipping, and empowering them.
QUESTIONS:	302-744-4704

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MEDIA ADVISORY: PUBLIC HEALTH AND DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND HOMELAND SECURITY PROVIDE LIFE-SAVING TRAINING FOR VIOLENT INTRUDER INCIDENTS AND BLEEDING EMERGENCIES

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