Feeling They’ve Been Heard…Emergency Management with Scott O’Donnell

Hope Out of the Darkness

Clinical Therapist and workplace safety expert Scott O'Donnell gives valuable insight into the value of making others feel heard. He offers advice on dealing with patients in crisis, anxious family members, and fearful staff, as well as ways to mitigate workplace violence - before the de-escalation stage. Scott also discusses his strategies to create a healthy environment for patients, visitors, and staff, and explains how he uses all of his experience to enhance his employee preparedness workshops to lessen fear and anxiety in the workplace.

If you are in crisis or know someone who is...please call: Suicide Lifeline at 1-800- 273-8255 or text the word “help” to 741-741 http://afsp.org/get-help

As a Clinical Therapist and workplace Safety and Security expert, with 25 years experience, Scott specializes in creating "Peace-of-Mind" and a happier workplace environment. Scott has developed employee safety, "Active Shooter", workplace violence, security and conflict resolution programs that create a workplace culture to bring out the best in your employees. He's also an expert in Emergency Management, certified by FEMA and Homeland Security in internal and external disasters, specializing in incident command. Scott's seminars, workshops, breakout and coaching sessions create healthy working environments that promote a safe, secure, culture to enhance employee, customer, patient, teacher, staff and student peace-of-mind. He's an expert in Health Care Safety and De-escalation of employee, patient and visitor conflicts in Health Care facilities, Educational institutions and Workplace environment. As a Clinical Therapist Scott's body of work covers Bi-Polar, Anxiety, Depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Addiction, Chemical Dependency, and specialize in Childhood Trauma. He uses his skills and expertise in these areas to improve individuals lives and also enhance his workplace programs. He has also trained staff to work safely with patients in Behavioral Health Units (Lock-down Units).

Scott's "Active Shooter" protocol and employee preparedness workshops prepare your employees to respond appropriately in an age of escalating gun violence. His workshops can lessen the fear and anxiety from the daily reality that we live in an ever present environment of workplace violence.

Timestamps

• The process of hospitalization: assessment, evaluation, and placement
• Listening to someone is different than making them feel heard
• Special procedures for lockdown units protect patients and staff
• How to see the warning signs and be approachable to someone in crisis
• Training for active shooter scenarios in the hospital
• Share and report to lessen workplace violence
• What leaders can do to mitigate fear in their workplace
• Being in service to others can have a positive impact

Links

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Concordia University, Irvine, CA

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