Hotline earns top reaccreditation score for suicide prevention
The Frederick County Hotline, part of the Mental Health Association, scored 139 of 144 in reaccreditation by the American Association of Suicidology, underscoring staff professionalism led by Chrissy Poice. Death by own action Prevention Week focuses on reducing suicides by firearms. county data show 127 attempts in 1995 and fourteen suicides last year, eight by firearms. Nationwide, 92 percent of firearm suicide attempts are fatal.
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Frederick man saved by CPR twice in Frederick
Francis Matt Wagner, 80, survived two separate cardiac arrests due to bystander CPR. In 2013 at age 67 he collapsed at the Great Frederick Fair and was revived by bystanders. Last week, CPR by his great-grandson Ron Jenkins, Lew Cullen, and Jerry Taylor, aided by medics, again revived him before hospital treatment.
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