{"id":31964,"date":"2008-03-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-03-28T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2008\/03\/28\/video-helps-you-prepare-for-workplace-violence\/"},"modified":"2008-03-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-03-28T05:00:00","slug":"video-helps-you-prepare-for-workplace-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2008\/03\/28\/video-helps-you-prepare-for-workplace-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Video helps you prepare for workplace violence"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n<\/TABLE>How would you respond if a shooter opened fire in your workplace?<\/p>\n

Based on the spate of mass shootings in the past year — including several on college campuses and one at Omaha’s Westroads Mall on Dec. 5 — this, unfortunately, is not an unreasonable question.<\/p>\n

To help employees and students respond to such a situation, the UNMC Security Web site now features a video that helps people survive a workplace violence incidence. <\/p>\n

“We, here in Omaha, are all too aware of how real this threat is,” said Gary Svanda, director of campus security at UNMC. “I encourage all UNMC employees and students to watch this video. It offers practical advice on how to stay safe should this happen here.”<\/p>\n

While the odds of such an event occurring are low, Svanda said, the last year has proven that they happen and almost always take those involved by surprise. <\/p>\n

The point of the video is to show people how to respond to such situations as they happen. The video features realistic portrayals of decisive, proactive responses that can help people survive such situations. <\/p>\n

The video covers topics such as:
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