Advanced training for healthcare security and staff.

Violence in hospitals is an increasing threat impacting patients and staff. Recognizing situations where violence may occur enables hospital security personnel to take proactive steps to control and de-escalate situations. Our training will inform you and your staff how to effectively observe to prevent. Online and instructor-led training available.

Reduce Hospital Violence

Skills For Hospital Staff

Through our Situational Awareness for Safety training, your hospital staff will learn to successfully identify and react to threats. By learning situational awareness, you can protect patients and staff and reduce the risk of potential, immediate, or imminent threats. Scroll to the bottom of this page to watch an introductory video about this course.

Skills for Security Teams

Our intensive 4 and 8-hour Threat Observation and Threat Awareness trainings will further help your security staff to better articulate their observations and enhance their decision-making process. It can also help them to de-escalate volatile situations and confidently identify potentially violent individuals.

PROVEN METHODS

Our techniques, insights, and practical tools are taught globally - from law enforcement in the US, South American military personnel, and UN peacekeepers in some of the most dangerous places on the planet.

REDUCE HOSPITAL VIOLENCE

The impacts of hospital violence are devastating. Our training provides solutions to improve awareness and threat assessment, thereby reducing violence against healthcare workers and the patients they serve. 

GOVERNMENT RESEARCHED

Our training is grounded in a multi-year U.S. Department of Defense research project.

EASY-TO-DIGEST CONTENT

Our courses are designed for any adult ready to feel better prepared in high-risk environments. The videos and practical exercises in our courses are civilian-friendly but officer-trusted. 

Courses Available for Heathcare Facilities

  • Situational Awareness for Safety

    Situational Awareness for Safety

    $50

    In this 1-hour online course, you will learn observation skills to make your more situationally aware. Awareness that will allow you to take more informed steps to stay safe.

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    For Clinicians,
    Staff, and Administration

  • Threat Observation

    Threat Observation

    $199

    In this 4-hour course, trainees learn theory and techniques to systematically observe any environment and identify potentially threatening individuals and situations.

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    For Law Enforcement
    and Security Professionals

  • Active Threat Assessment for Security Professionals

    Active Threat Assessment for Security Professionals

    $299

    Adapted from our law enforcement program, In the 8-hour online Threat Awareness for Security Professionals program trainees learn to systematically observe their environment and identify active threats.

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    For Security Professionals

Get trained today.

Take our free online 20-minute intro course.

Ensure the safety of your patients and hospital staff with Second Sight training.

Our flexible online courses can be taken anytime, allowing you to develop these vital skills conveniently. Individual and organizational pricing is available.

Wondering if our programs are for you? Try our training for free. You can take our 20-minute intro course to experience a glimpse of what we have to offer.

Why do you need training?

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Health Clinician
Situational Awareness for Safety
Health Clinician
Situational Awareness for Safety

“It was very helpful, especially to my work, where I interact with clients/ patients on a daily basis.”

Situational Awareness for Safety
Health Department Employee
Situational Awareness for Safety
Health Department Employee
Situational Awareness for Safety

“Learning to avoid, because I feel I have to do something to help others, as well as myself.”

Situational Awareness for Safety
Security Director
Situational Awareness for Safety
Security Director
Situational Awareness for Safety

“This course will provide a baseline for my organization and improve communication on risks while allowing for similar terminology and methodology to be used.”

Situational Awareness for Safety
Security Volunteer & Trainer
Threat Observation
Security Volunteer & Trainer
Threat Observation

“They provide a structured method, which I can articulate. The method enhances my ability to determine a baseline, and to explain why an individual is a person of interest.”

Threat Observation
Healthcare Security Team Lead
Threat Observation
Healthcare Security Team Lead
Threat Observation

“My routine assignments require the observation of persons within my facility. By understanding a baseline and being able to articulate that baseline, I am better prepared to complete reports and investigations relative to my observations and deviations from our facility baseline.”

Threat Observation
Healthcare Security Officer
Threat Awareness for Security
Healthcare Security Officer
Threat Awareness for Security

“Helps me to observe camera footage and do crowd surveillance while using a security camera. Also helps me to identify a threat and be able to decipher if someone is carrying contraband.”

Threat Awareness for Security
Health Security Supervisor
Threat Awareness for Security
Health Security Supervisor
Threat Awareness for Security

“Being made aware of the baselining process. I have always been comfortable picking out suspicious persons or potential threats but having a better understanding of the Baselining Process will improve my skills”

Threat Awareness for Security
Health Security Supervisor, 7 Years of Experience
Threat Awareness for Security
Health Security Supervisor, 7 Years of Experience
Threat Awareness for Security

“Working at a level 1 trauma center, you interact and deal with different people constantly. I find that this has opened up my awareness when it comes to homeless people or people trying to steal from the hospital what to look for and how to stop them from succeeding in their mission.”

Threat Awareness for Security
Health Security Supervisor, 7 Years of Experience
Threat Awareness for Security
Health Security Supervisor, 7 Years of Experience
Threat Awareness for Security

“The whole course was valuable, but the course that I obtained the most knowledge from was course 3. It opened my eyes up to some of the weaknesses that I needed to improve on and how to better spot a person/persons attempting to do harm to other visitors, patients, and employees.”

Threat Awareness for Security

Listen to some of our customers.

Start your training journey today.

Ready to learn about the benefits, the process, and the need-to-knows of personal safety training or active threat assessment?

Watch this short introductory video to learn more about our Situational Awareness for Safety course.