Suicide First Aid through understanding Suicide Intervention (SFAUSI)

SFA USI is comprised of 4 parts, each 90 minutes duration. The programme teaches and practices the skills and knowledge needed to identify someone who may be thinking about suicide and competently intervene to help create suicide-safety as a first aid approach.

The course will enable candidates to build the skills and confidence around suicide, how to support someone who may have suicidal thoughts in seeking the appropriate help.

SFA: Suicide First Aid training is underpinned by three core beliefs:

• Most people thinking about suicide do not want their lives to end, they want the pain to stop.

• Most people thinking about suicide let others know, consciously or unconsciously. Therefore...

• Suicide has to be one of the most preventable deaths.