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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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John
Proper Death Notification Procedures
Good information makes you think about how to do a better job
Jainee
Excellent information
Love DITA, great information! Awesome, very educational courses.
Nancy
Plain language. Giving examples. Perfect
Reading about it to me makes it really stick in my head
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.
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.
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.
Karen
Proper Death Notification Procedures
Excellent content
Sarah
Concise
Clear and concise.
Robert
Again title fits the education
covered all major points but somehow I missed the cat.
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!
Wendy
Death Notification Procedures course
Great resources with practical and kind approaches for death notification.
Jay Michael
Great
Tiffany
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.
Amari
Blinked A Little Too Long
I missed the cat. I'll get it next time
John
My opinion
This course seems a little basic but most of the information is also common sense. It's a good review.
Jaime
Notification course
Touched on many aspects and truths
Steven
Proper Death Notification Procedures
Very informative and easy to follow
Seth
practice
scenario based multiple choice questions would be beneficial
John
good class
GREATCLASS
Tracey
Death notification
I prefer for this course the presenter should entertain about how to speak in her words and not read.
Terry
very fitting
Informative
Lake
very informative
very informative
Brian
good
good
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
Rubette
Proper Death Notification Procedures
This course was informative.
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.
Lynette
This was a well taught course and very informative
Torey
Proper Death Notification Procedures
Great job
Daniel
Death Notification
Pretty standard for those involved
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.
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")
Allison
Image Issue
I know that there is a hidden image in the videos, however I did not see one in any I watched. I watched each video twice. The first time I would pause and take notes, but the second time I just watched. I did not see an animal at all, so when that question popped up I had to guess. I did notice a small gray star on the "With Compassion" slide, that I'm wondering was supposed to be animal, but if not then I really don't know where the animal was supposed to show up. That could still be on me for not watching closely enough (but again, I watched each video twice) but it was the only downside to the course. Otherwise I found it quite helpful!
Jerome
Appropriate for the content.
Wordy and redundant. Much of this presentation was recycling what had already been said.
Larry
Proper Death Notification Procedures
Anthony
Very informative
Good course. I have done several notifications and I like the format which was provided.
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.
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.
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.
Jacqueline
Great Course!
Bernadette
Proper Death Notifications
Very well presented
Danny
practical report writing
no proot symle showed up before the test
Joey
Would not change
5-stars
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
Carissa
repeat of material
Paul
Excellent course
Excellent course covering the many important principles of death notifications..
Justin
Great info
Great info on notification.
Beverly
Very repetetive but good
Very repetetive but good
Shane
great class, very informative
Mark
Proper Death notification procedures
very good info would like to be able to provide this to my employees
Lindsey
Death Notification Procedures
Informative and helpful information. A video reenactment of a death notification could be helpful.
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!
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
John
Very Informative
Information is well structured and very informative. Good to know material.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sandra
Proper Death Notification Procedures
I found this very helpful and will definitely put it to use the next time I need it.
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.
Marie
Proper Death Notification Procedures
Good
Cornelius
Good information
Great information
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.
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.
Levi
Informational.
It would be nice to know time left on a video.
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....
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.
Osbaldo
Proper death notification course
Pretty straightforward forward with a decent amount of information.
Amie
PROPER DEATH NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES
Kyle
appropriate for subject
good information on the death notification process
John
Proper Death Notification Procedures
Good information makes you think about how to do a better job
Shawn
Excellent
super
Carshena
Good
Good
Angela
interesting
interesting
Regina
Proper death notification procedures
Great course
Kyle
Very helpful!
Marvin
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.
Janet
good
A little repetitive the info
danalee
tips for notification
very good points in making notifications
Jayreen
accurately describes content
Was appropriate for both law enforcement and nursing as well
Michelle
very informative
Abbie
Proper Death Notification Procedures
Herman
Very informative
Beth Ann
Content to the point
Material comprehensive
John
Proper Death Notification Procedures
excellent
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.
Flint
Good information
Well stated
Pamela
excellent
awesome
GLENN
Death notification
the first lesson was very good. In the specialized notification the speaker was partially cut off from the video.
Shenton
Proper Death Notification Procedures
Helpful information and valuable content.
mark
Great information
Great class and a much needed class. Thanks for including the power points to follow along and make notes on.
Kim
CORONER
GREAT CONTEXT
Hugh
Very good and direct
Text is on point
Darlen
It was good
Lots of print was small
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!
Nikki
death notification
good information
Matthew
Very well done, would have been better with some examples played out in video.
Very helpful.
Tracy
Medicolegal death investigator
n/a
Rocky
Was very good