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Dr. Smock’s Top 25 Serious Medical Consequences Resulting from Strangulation and the Lateral Vascular Neck Restraint

Smock - 2019

This presentation from Police Surgeon, Bill Smock, MD, includes the top 25 serious medical complications resulting from strangulation with references. Dr. Smock is the Chair of the National Medical Advisory Committee for the Training Institute... Read More

Duty to Warn – Suggested Language for SB40 Strangulation Advisal

Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention - 2018

California Penal Code Section 13701(I) Recently, Governor Brown signed SB40 into law which will take effect January 1, 2018. SB40 was sponsored by Senator Roth from Riverside California. SB40 will require officers to give victims... Read More

Physiological Consequences of Strangulation Seconds to Minute Timeline

Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention - 2019

This one-page Seconds to Minutes graphic timeline shows the physiological consequences of strangulation due to occlusion of arterial blood flow. Created by: Ruth Carter; Bill Smock, MD; Gael Strack, JD; Sean Dugan, MD; Yesenia Aceves,... Read More

Power & Control Wheel with State Statutes Template

Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention - 2017

This is a blank Power & Control Wheel to customize with your state statutes. You can type penal codes directly into the PDF and save. Thank you to our friends in Duluth, MN for coming... Read More

What We Learned in 2016: Updates from the Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention, Part 2

Training Institute on Strangulation Prevention - 2017

Strangulation impacts all professionals working on sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence and stalking cases. Today, we know unequivocally that strangulation is one of the most lethal forms of domestic violence. Unconsciousness may occur within... Read More