Transcript RED WATCH BAND

Train the Trainer Workshop
Center for Prevention and Outreach
NASPA January 2010
Oneonta Bystander Summit
SUNY Oneonta
March 17, 2011
Ellen Driscoll LMSW, CASAC
Training Today
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Red Watch Band History
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Goal and Mission of RWB
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Alcohol Education
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Implementation
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Development of an Action Plan
Comprehensive Bystander
Wellness/Education program
designed to prevent student death
from TOXIC drinking
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The GOAL of the RED WATCH BAND is to ensure
that all students are provided with accurate
information about the dangers of alcohol use and know
when, where and how to get help because every
second counts.
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The MISSION of the RED WATCH BAND is to
provide students with the knowledge, awareness, and
skills to prevent toxic drinking deaths and
to promote a student culture of kindness,
responsibility, compassion, and mutual respect.
Knowledge
& Skills
Building
RED WATCH
BAND
Challenging
Myths
Bystander
Intervention
Changing Drinking Culture
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Community Response to a Student Death
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Wellness/Educational Initiative
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Peer-based Intervention Program
• Secondary Prevention Component
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Bystander Intervention Program
• Alcohol Poisoning Death Prevention
RWB Learning Objectives
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Participants will gain knowledge of toxic drinking/alcohol overdose.
Participants will actively engage in discussion about their personal
relationship with alcohol and their concerns for others consumption.
Participants will have an increased knowledge of Binge Drinking.
Participants will be able to identify High Risk Environments and High Risk
Behaviors re: alcohol.
Participants will be able to identify signs of life threatening overdose.
Participants will be able to correctly identify the Facts from the Myths of
how to help a friend sober up.
Participants will increase their awareness of the issues surrounding
bystander interventions.
Participants will actively engage in role plays to practice making the call to
911 for medical assistance in an alcohol related emergency.
INTRODUCTIONS / ROLES
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Student
Administrator
Community Agency
Counselor
Police Officer
Other
WHY DON’T STUDENTS INTERVENE?
◦ Don’t know/believe it’s life threatening
◦ Don’t want to get friends in trouble
◦ Don’t want to get themselves in trouble
◦ Peer influence of adhering to a code of silence
◦ Desensitized to patterns of acute intoxication
Don’t want to get the victim in trouble
4.21
Don’t want to get themselves into trouble
4.21
Don’t want to get others involved e.g. EMS or
University Officials
4.05
They don’t believe the situation is life
threatening
4.23
3.95
4.00
4.05
4.10
4.15
4.20
1 - Least Agreement ... 5 - Most Agreement
Reasons for Attending RWB Training, n=40
4.25
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Decreasing Reluctance of Peers to Intervene (call 911)
◦ Don’t believe the situation is life threatening
◦ Don’t want to get friend/victim in trouble
◦ Don’t want to get themselves in trouble
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Changing Drinking Culture
◦ Tends to take form of binge/toxic drinking
◦ Binge drinkers are drinking more when they drink
Knowledge
Self
Awareness
CPR Equates
Alcohol Crisis to
MEDICAL
EMERGENCY
Bystander
Intervention
Training
Role Plays
Death
Prevention
National impact of college-age alcohol use:
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1,825 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die from alcohol-related unintentional
injuries, including motor vehicle crashes.
599,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are unintentionally injured under the
influence of alcohol.
97,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are victims of alcohol-related sexual assault or
date rape. (Hingson et al., 2009)
Binge drinkers are more likely than non-binge drinkers to:
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Damage property
Be in trouble with campus police
Be hurt or injured
Drive a car after drinking
(Harvard School of Health College Alcohol Study, 2000)
BREAK
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How do your college students drink?
◦ Where?
◦ What?
◦ How Much?
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Definition of BINGE drinking
◦ 4+ drinks for women in approximately two hours
◦ 5+ drinks for men in approximately two hours
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Toxic Drinking
What constitutes one drink?
One 5 oz. glass of
Wine
12% alcohol
One 12 oz.
beer
5% alcohol
One 8.5 oz. malt liquor
7% alcohol
Standard shot glass
1.5 oz.
40% alcohol
What is the Drink Equivalent of this…
And this…
BAC Levels for Men
Approximate Blood Alcohol Concentration (%)
Drinks
Body Weight (lbs)
100
120
140
160
Comments
180
200
220
240
0
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Safest Driving
1
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2
.08
.06
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.03 Driving Skills Highly Impaired
3
.11
.09
.08
.07
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.06
.05
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4
.15
.12
.11
.09
.08
.08
.07
.06
5
.19
.16
.13
.12
.11
.09
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.08
6
.23
.19
.16
.14
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.11
.10
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.26
.22
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10
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Criminal Penalties Possible
Legally Intoxicated
Criminal Penalties
Death Possible
Subtract 0.01% for each 40 minutes of drinking.
One drink is 1.25 oz. of 80 proof liquor, 12 oz. of beer, or 5 oz. of table wine.
Adapted from Virginia Tech Alcohol Abuse Prevention Program
Effects of Binge Drinking
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Blackouts
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Tolerance
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Passing out
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Alcohol is a depressant drug
What organs in the body are NOT effected by
alcohol intake?
ALL organs are effected.
The liver can only filter ONE UNIT of alcohol per hour;
the excess is absorbed through the stomach lining into
the blood stream and transported to the rest of the
organs, as a depressant to the BRAIN, the HEART and
all other organs.
There is NOTHING that can be done to speed up
the metabolism of alcohol once it’s in the blood stream.
“Once you have too much alcohol in your body, you’re just
along for the ride – you’re gonna live or die, there’s nothing
you can do about it”
- Aaron White, Duke University, Dept of Psychiatry
SIGNS OF LIFE-THREATENING OVERDOSE
•Mental confusion, stupor, coma, or cannot be roused
•Vomiting
•Seizures
•Slow breathing (fewer than 8 breaths per minute)
•Irregular breathing (10 sec or more between breaths)
•Hypothermia (low body temp), bluish skin, paleness
MYTHS to Sober Up
1. Drinking Coffee or Energy Drink
2. Splashing Cold Water or Cold Shower
3. Exercise or Walking it Off
4. Bread/Food
5. Sleep it off
EVERY SECOND COUNTS…
Networking LUNCH
I’m interested in knowing how to help my friends
4.48
I thought it would be helpful in my role on campus
4.35
I’m interested in CPR training
4.20
A friend recommended the training
3.43
I know friends who were involved in toxic drinking
3.08
I know friends who have problems with AOD
2.97
I know family who have problems with AOD
2.28
An RA (Resident Assistant) recommended it
1.55
I’ve experienced toxic drinking myself
1.21
1.00
1.50
2.00
2.50
3.00
3.50
4.00
4.50
1 - Least Agreement ... 5 - Most Agreement
Reasons for Attending RWB Training, n=40
5.00
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CPR and Role Plays
They NEED to Know
ROLE PLAYS
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OBSERVE the situation.
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CALL 911.
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STAY with the person until help arrives.
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STEP ONE: Student Engagement
◦ Student Leaders/Peer Educators
STEP TWO: Collaboration of Key Stakeholders (on and off campus)
◦ Administration, Dept. chairs, Athletics
STEP THREE: Design a Marketing strategy
◦ Communications Department for technical assistance
STEP FOUR: Training Program
◦ CPR Training – American Heart Association/Family&Friends
◦ Alcohol Emergency Education & Role Play
STEP FIVE: Recognition of New Red Watch Band Members
◦ Sustainability
◦ Recognition and follow up
Hands-Only™ CPR
American Heart Association
1 - Least Agreement ... 10 - Most Agreement
5.00
4.80
4.60
Post
4.40
Post
Post
4.61
Post
Post
4.50
4.46
4.20
Post
4.62
4.50
4.46
4.00
Pre
4.08
3.80
3.60
3.40
Pre
Pre
3.75
3.61
Pre
3.61
Pre
3.20
3.36
Pre
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Toxic drinking and
ID High Risk
ID Facts and Myths
ID Signs of a Life
Responding to a toxic Intervening in a toxic
Alcohol OD
Environments and
about sobering up a
threatening OD
drinking emergency drinking emergency
Knowledge
Behaviors
friend
n=40, p<0.05
Relevance
Satisfaction
Recommend to peer
80%
Percentage of Participants
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Strongly Agree
Agree
Neutral
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
n=40, p<0.05
ACTION PLAN
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STEP ONE: Student Engagement
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STEP TWO: Collaboration of Key Stakeholders (on and off campus)
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STEP THREE: Design a Marketing strategy
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STEP FOUR: Training Program
◦ CPR Training
◦ Alcohol Emergency Education & Role Play
STEP FIVE: Recognition of New Red Watch Band Members
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Comprehensive Bystander Intervention Program designed to prevent
death from toxic drinking.
Adheres to best practices in prevention by encompassing education,
peer education and community outreach.
Widely recommended by students. Since March 2009, over 2,260
students have been trained nationally.
Described as “missing link” to prevention by university
professionals.
115 colleges and universities have committed to implementing RWB
at their respective institutions. High Schools have also begun
implementing RWB.
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College Drinking: Changing the Culture - www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov
Hazing Prevention - www.hazingprevention.org
Higher Education Center - www.higheredcenter.org
The Gordie Foundation – www.gordie.org
National Institution on Drug Abuse - www.drugabuse.gov
National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse of National Institute of Health www.niaaa.nih.gov
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - www.samhsa.gov
NCAA Drug Testing Program - www.ncaa.org/wps/portal
Alcoholics Anonymous - www.aa.org
Adult Children of Alcoholics - www.adultchildren.org
Al-anon - www.al-anon.org
Anti-Hazing - www.stophazing.org
RED WATCH BAND Vendor
Janice Heipler
Proforma Marketing Services
109 Walnut Street
Shrewsbury, MA 01545
Phone: 508-845-9098
Fax: 508-842-4495
[email protected]
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Website: www.redwatchband.org
Contact Person:
Lara Hunter, LCSW
Red Watch Band Program Coordinator
Center for Prevention and Outreach
Stony Brook University
631-632-6729