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Proper Death Notification Practices Part 1 (20 minutes)
Proper Death Notification Practices Part 2 (15 minutes)
Homicide Notifications (5 minutes)
Suicide Notifications (7 minutes)
Child Death Notifications (2 minutes)
In-Group Notifications (4 minutes)
In Custody Deaths (3 minutes)
Medical Error Deaths, Workplace Deaths, and Mass Casualty (10minutes)
Quiz: Proper Death Notification Practices
Death notification – Breaking the bad news
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Donald
Accurate
The course was clear and well organized. I made the mistake of trying to complete it at work and there were too many interruptions especially while I was trying to take the exam….thus my many retakes. Definitely no fault of the course. Excellent Course!
Mark
Proper Death notification procedures
very good info would like to be able to provide this to my employees
Osbaldo
Proper death notification course
Pretty straightforward forward with a decent amount of information.
Christabelle
Typo
This was great class information. However in the test, there is another typo. The proof of watch was an ambulance during class. The optional answers listed 3 animals, but no ambulance.
Beth Ann
Content to the point
Material comprehensive
Wade
Great
Great
Tracey
Death notification
I prefer for this course the presenter should entertain about how to speak in her words and not read.
Tracy
Medicolegal death investigator
n/a
Isabella
Great information.
Important and necessary information. Easy to understand and follow.
Carley
Death notification
This was great and very informative, from a Paramedic in the field and now working in the ED with a part time MLI job, this was great for learning material for me!
Olivia
Proper Death Notification
A few of the questions, in my opinion, were worded incorrectly. One question stated that in-person was the most important, yet that wasn’t even an available answer. The identification question was not explained as if this was regarding death notification only or in general. This question was not clearly made in the videos and caused more confusion in the quiz. Additionally, I watched all the videos twice but could not identify what I assume is the "proof of watch," which was mentioned as a cat. I’m unsure where this proof appears in your video. The only "proof of watch" I noticed was in the second half of these videos and in the prerequisite videos, where an ambulance was shown. Student was unable to ask questions that made sense, frequently confusing portions of one question with answers of another. Once it was pointed out that her questions made no sense, she got angry, stating that it must be something wrong with her computer and that she wouldn't contact the academy again. However, she was again asking nonsensical questions shortly after.
Hannah
Confused by the Watch Images
I've watched all of the videos (besides looking away to take notes), but I never saw the first watch image (the cat - unless this was on another course), but I saw the second watch image (an ambulance) that was never asked about after the first quiz. Other than that, very informative and I feel a lot more confident in making my first death notification!
Tammy R
Informative
Jerome
Appropriate for the content.
Wordy and redundant. Much of this presentation was recycling what had already been said.
GLENN
Death notification
the first lesson was very good. In the specialized notification the speaker was partially cut off from the video.
Sarah
Concise
Clear and concise.
Danny
practical report writing
no proot symle showed up before the test
Patrick
Deputy Coroner
This program was extremely helpful to me. Being part of a rural volunteer fire department I have had to make death notifications. There is no easy way to tell someone that they have lost a member of their family.
Timothy
Awesome course
This course provided several alternatives on how to deliver a death notification that I have not used in the past. Another great, informative course.
Wendy
Death Notification Procedures course
Great resources with practical and kind approaches for death notification.
Kim
CORONER
GREAT CONTEXT
Darlen
It was good
Lots of print was small
Rocky
Was very good
Sarah
Good
It was helpful. As an ER nurse, I have already seen death notification, but it definitely put more information into perspective about outside of the ER.
Anthony
Very informative
Good course. I have done several notifications and I like the format which was provided.
Paul
clear and concise title that fits curriculum
good training even for someone who has been in the business for a while, good refreshing of skills we take for granite
Melanie
Proper Death Notification Procedures
Good. Some os the print was small and hard to read when the female was doing her picture in picture videos.
Jainee
Excellent information
Love DITA, great information! Awesome, very educational courses.
John
good class
GREATCLASS
Amie
PROPER DEATH NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES
Rubette
Proper Death Notification Procedures
This course was informative.
Hugh
Very good and direct
Text is on point
Carshena
Good
Good
Jason
Death Notification Procedures
Very informative about the process. I learned that proper terminology is best and learned not to be afraid to use the words involving "death" are preferred.
Anthony S
Interesting topic
In my area, the vast majority of the time, it is the first responding agency that does the death notification. I learned some things that i will use, in case it ever has to be myself or my department.
Nikki
death notification
good information
Tiffany
Larry
Proper Death Notification Procedures
Steven
Proper Death Notification Procedures
Very informative and easy to follow
Paul
Excellent course
Excellent course covering the many important principles of death notifications..
Kelsey
Proper Death Notification Procedures
Lots of considerate information provided that is great to put to use on the job
Katherine
Death notification
Easy to follow
Terry
very fitting
Informative
Joseph
Too much too fast
This segment was too much information per slide, presented at too rapid a pace. The first course where I really wanted the slides as a handout, but did not have them. Also, there was no cat image in the first set of videos, and you never asked about the ambulance image in the second set of videos. This is probably the topic I felt least prepared for coming into this class. This course helped, but it could have been broken out more into sub topics, presented more slowly, and with less jargon. For example, if you're going to say "OIS" either say or write out what that stands for. Don't make me puzzle it out while the presenter is talking.
Shane
great class, very informative
Gloria
Proper Death Notifications
I truly enjoyed this course. This is the first of the many courses i will continue to participate in. The videos are interesting and kept me engaged, the instructors are very knowledgeable and the course is affordable. I cant complain at all. I cant wait to print my certificate.
Holley
POW
I never saw the proof of watch in the video, and had to take the test three times to get it right. Then in the specialized notification videos training there was a picture and of course no test.
Cornelius
Good information
Great information
John
Proper Death Notification Procedures Course - The Gem of All Courses
This was the best course regarding notification of death I've ever seen, including live and virtual lectures in death investigation, and in medical education-medical training I've attended. It's almost universal that no one likes to talk about death, especially when you are the one who has to notify someone's next of kin about it. Very difficult topic to cover. Excellent resources, especially the one with best practices in notification (i.e. do in person, in pairs, timely with certainty, and in plain language, etc...; an aside, when I think of death notification gone awry in the case of wrong next of kin notification, I think of the scene in "Saving Private Ryan"..."James Francis Ryan from Iowa? No. James Frederick Ryan from Minnesota")
Marvin
Wendi
very good
very good
Esteban
Great subject!
My opinion only. Bullet points on Special Groups slides were too long as well as talking points. I believe having videos of role play showing the correct way and improper way of notification would be more engaging.
Kyle
Very helpful!
Daniel
Death Notification
Pretty standard for those involved
John
Proper Death Notification Procedures
excellent
Sandra
Proper Death Notification Procedures
I found this very helpful and will definitely put it to use the next time I need it.
Beverly
Beverly Swinson, MSCJ
The instructor's voice was hard to understand.. She talked very fast and ran her words together.
Justin
Great info
Great info on notification.
Flint
Good information
Well stated
danalee
tips for notification
very good points in making notifications
Regina
Proper death notification procedures
Great course
Melanie
Notification to next of kin in details
I've learned a lot from this class. I feel confident that I can apply at my place of employment
Jacqueline
Great Course!
Paul
My first formal death notification training
Many of the points in this presentation I learned the hard way over the years. This was very informative and I wish I would have had it 35 years ago.
Brian
good
good
Carissa
repeat of material
Shenton
Proper Death Notification Procedures
Helpful information and valuable content.
Lori
Very helpful
This video and information was very helpful and proves how important death notifications are and the importance of doing them to the best of your ability
Matthew
Very well done, would have been better with some examples played out in video.
Very helpful.
Karin
Appropriate
Helpful
John
My opinion
This course seems a little basic but most of the information is also common sense. It's a good review.
Tracie
Notification
Good
Miguel
Excellent Course on Death Notification
Great refresher on proper death notification to families.
mark
Great information
Great class and a much needed class. Thanks for including the power points to follow along and make notes on.
Nancy
Plain language. Giving examples. Perfect
Reading about it to me makes it really stick in my head
Lindsey
Death Notification Procedures
Informative and helpful information. A video reenactment of a death notification could be helpful.
Johnny
Death Notification
Very good course and informative. The subject brings to a higher level than what many would think or do in death notification.
Levi
Informational.
It would be nice to know time left on a video.
Joni
Proper Death Notification Procedures
very informative course.
Angela
Great info
Darrin
Missing Animal
I did not see the animal during the presentation at all, and I am positive that I watched the entire video and took copious notes.
Joey
Would not change
5-stars
Bill
EXCELLENT TOPIC, ONE THAT DESERVES EVEN MORE ATTENTION.
I did not notice the proof of watch that was in this presentation. Not sure why....
Ellen
great info
well done. my background is nursing (ER and ICU) and the guidance here resonated for me. I agree and am glad to hear (for both staff and survivors) that the move is to provide education for those performing notifications.
Shawn
Excellent
super
Stewart
I needed this course because I had been doing a lot of things wrong. Thank you for this most informative course!
This course was an amazing asset to my department.
Seth
practice
scenario based multiple choice questions would be beneficial
Torey
Proper Death Notification Procedures
Great job
Christine
Well explained
I really appreciate the slides and the explanation, I felt that the information was covered. I appreciated the opportunity to ask questions in the comments section.
Angela
interesting
interesting
John
Good class
A lot of good tips when it comes to doing one of the things we all hate to do.
John
Proper Death Notification Procedures
Good information makes you think about how to do a better job
Jane
No Image
I watched this course thoroughly 2 times and no watch verification image was in any of the slides. I had to guess and take the quiz over. You need to recheck this course for the image.
Pamela
excellent
awesome
sandra
very good
very good
John
Very Informative
Information is well structured and very informative. Good to know material.
Karen
Proper Death Notification Procedures
Excellent content
Beverly
Very repetetive but good
Very repetetive but good
Jayreen
accurately describes content
Was appropriate for both law enforcement and nursing as well
John
Proper Death Notification Procedures
Good information makes you think about how to do a better job