Poison control tri state 2013

Poison Control

Stephen Maguire, M.Ed

Waterfront night

House keeping•Take what you want, leave the rest (Tri-State Rule)

•4 % Rule

• Have fun, laugh, learn, and be active!

The 4 kinds of responses...

“The Sky is falling” (AKA: Panic), Firm and

Calm (Nurses), The “it’s all good” (calm, a little

too calm) “You’ll be OK.” - Wisconsin

Nephew

The Response/dra

ma Meter0 - 10 *group

share

In a crisis situation,

ONE person is in

charge!

Tone

Crisis Tone!TONE! “SAY WHAT YOU MEAN AND MEAN WHAT YOU SAY.”

BLUE HILLS WALK... WALKIE?, LOOPER?

Non-Verba

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“We say a lot,

without saying a

lot.”

Picture time

Face to Face... How we impact each other

Share as much

information as is

appropriate

“Brace for impact, we are going

down.”

Have a CODE word that is RARELY

used, so staff know the situation is

legit... “The blueberries have started growing”

Teach your staff

“Belt and Suspenders

”

What is the ‘Risk of

Harm vs. The ease of

Precaution?’

You better know what people are afraid of!

Thunderstorms

Debrief: “How did we get here? “What

can we learn from it?” “How did we

respond to it?”

Boom!

The Creepy Swimmer