Out of the Darkness walk continues suicide prevention efforts

People gathered for the Out of the Darkness walk Wednesday in an effort to continue pushing suicide prevention services, even in the pandemic.

Darkness walk, a virtual event thiyear, f nursing are working even harder to spread a message of suicide prevention.

Soon, these students will be front line workers....treating everything from broken bones to broken hearts.

The pain is not always physical for a patient.... and their instructor wants to make sure the nurses recognize that.

The students worked on projects that tackled suicide prevention, warning signs and outreach.

Justin crossman simulation lab coordinator 23:30:54 it's especially important for our team, our nurses, ourphysiciansy know how to interact with people who may have lost somebody or some people have made attempts.

Treating them medically but also mentally - dealing with mental illness is important in that part of treatment 23:31:11 .

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None chalee wratten nursing student 23:27:44 both the families and the victims, the survivors of suicide...need lots of support, need as much help as they can get.

Basically, what we're doing, is getting out there to tell people they're not alone, we're here to help.

Bring awareness to other people - to someone to reach out 23:28:05 > the out of the darkness walk is sponsored by the american foundation for suicide prevention.

Congressman anthony brindisi