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Developing and Maintaining an Impaired Student Recovery Area on Campus

Developing and Maintaining an Impaired Student Recovery Area on Campus. Carl Shaner , Student Health Center Director Elliott Strickland , Special Assistant for Student Affairs & Student Development ACHA 2010 Annual Meeting Philadelphia, PA June 3, 2010. Session Overview.

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Developing and Maintaining an Impaired Student Recovery Area on Campus

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  1. Developing and Maintaining anImpaired Student Recovery Area on Campus Carl Shaner, Student Health Center Director Elliott Strickland, Special Assistant for Student Affairs & Student Development ACHA 2010 Annual Meeting Philadelphia, PA June 3, 2010

  2. Session Overview • Overview of how it works • Explain our ISRA and its impact • Discuss the benefits • Discuss liability issues • Assessment

  3. Facilitator Model • Peter Lake and Robert Bickel -The Rights and Responsibilities of the Modern University • be proactive about safety and risk-management • to develop organization environments that are reasonably safe, educationally relevant, and developmentally sound.

  4. Mission • To offer a safe and secure environment for impaired students • To prevent impaired students from jeopardizing their health and wellbeing • To prevent impaired students roommates/friends from having to provide care and oversight (or risking that they won’t)

  5. Initial Contact • Intoxicated student is identified • Initial PBT Test is given • After 20-30 minutes, 2nd PBT is given • Student will be taken to the ISRA if: • BAC is .15 and climbing and/or • Students safety or health is a concern

  6. ISRA Objectives • Monitoring of vital signs • Delivery of basic medical care • Oral hydration of the student • Complete Health History and Assessment • Breath Alcohol Rechecks • Access and transport to emergency care if needed

  7. ISRA Protocol • Upon arrival audio and video recording begins • Detailed health and substance abuse history is taken • Basic physical exam is completed and documented • Student is placed on a cardiac monitor to trend vital signs • PBT readings are retaken

  8. ISRA Follow-Up • College judicial process • BASICS (Brief Alcohol Screening & Intervention of College Students) • Counseling meeting • Criminal charges

  9. Impact of ISRA on College and Community • Reduced impact on roommates and friends • Decreased number of ED visits on an already taxed service • Decreased use of magistrates for arraignment • Decreased vandalism and property damage

  10. Benefit of ISRA on Individual,College and Community • Increased counseling outreach efforts • Better rehabilitation potential • Identification of high risk factors of alcohol misuse and abuse

  11. ISRA Liability Issues • Doing too much compared to not enough • ED releasing students too early • Burden placed on ISRA workers not roommates • Certified EMTs with medical training • In-house training on equipments • Video and audio recording

  12. 5 Year Statistics

  13. 3 Year Statistics • 9% per year are incarcerated • 17% are repeat offenders • 19% are on Academic Probation (<2.0 GPA) • 15% are Academically Dismissed at the end of that academic year • 72% 1st Year; 23% 2nd Year; 3% 3rd Year; 2% 4th Year +

  14. Direct Costs • ISRA/EMT = $7,182 (18 hrs/wk @ $10.50/hr x 38 weeks) • Revenue = $3,580 per year on average

  15. Questions?

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