Student Affairs
700 E. Broadway
Monmouth, IL 61462
Student Affairs Phone:
309-457-2114
Residence Life Phone:
309-457-2113
Email
stuaff@monm.edu
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You are not a trained counselor. Your responsibility is to contact the
appropriate professional who will manage the situation.
Assess the situation:
Is the person dangerous to self or other?
In determining whether a person may be suicidal, be a PAL.
P- Does the person have a plan?
A- Does the person have access to the plan?
L- How lethal is the plan?
Your primary objective is to keep yourself and others safe.
Do not leave the person alone.
If there has been a suicide attempt or suicide:
Call 911.
Then call the Dean on Call at 309-337-5713.
If you are in a residence hall, contact the RA on duty.
Nothing should be touched. Be observant but do not tamper with the
scene.
Maintain confidentiality. Keep the involvement of others to a minimum.
If the person is or might be dangerous:
7PM -7:30 AM call campus security at 309-337-5708.
After calling security and all other times call the Dean on Call at
309-337-5713.
Say: I need to report a dangerous personal crisis at (location). If
you have a name, provide it.
Campus security or the Dean will make the decision whether to call
911.
Get help! Never be alone with the person. Ask for assistance from a
residence staff member, faculty member, or staff member.
Keep others away and at a safe distance.
Never try to take a weapon from someone.
If the person is NOT dangerous:
Assess further. What exactly is the nature or severity of the problem?
If you are in a residence hall, call the RA who is on duty.
Keep others away; be sensitive to embarrassment someone may feel
later.
Remember that you are not a therapist! If you think it might be a
crisis, it probably is a crisis.
Make no promises about the outcome. (I wont tell anyone, or You
wont get in trouble.)
Allow others who are trained, to handle the situation. |
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Student Affairs
700 E. Broadway
Monmouth, IL 61462
stuaff@monm.edu
Student Affairs:
(309) 457-2114
Residence Life:
(309) 457-2113
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