Strangulation 101: The Last Warning Shot | Alliance for Hope

This eight-hour training will cover a variety of essential topics for you and your team. Best of all, it’s offered virtually, no travel required. You can participate from the comfort and convenience of your own office.

This multi-media presentation will cover what every professional working with strangulation victims needs to know about non-fatal strangulation. The presenters will cover:

• The History of Strangulation
• The Need for Strangulation Training
• Understanding the lethality of strangulation
• Link between Officer and Mass Shootings
• Medical signs and symptoms of strangulation assaults
• Long term consequences, delayed death, and fatal strangulation
• Pulseless Electrical Activity in Strangulation Cases
• Investigative strategies, report writing, and interviewing witnesses
• New strategies in clinical documentation of strangulation signs and symptoms
• Understanding the impact of trauma on survivors
• Development of local experts
• Use of experts in court, including tips for testifying
• Best practices in advocacy for survivors of non-fatal strangulation
• The Science of HOPE

Throughout this training, our trainers will:

• Increase the identification of the subtle signs and symptoms of strangulation
• Improve the documentation and collection of evidence
• Improve advocacy for victims