{"id":109,"date":"2024-09-01T17:06:29","date_gmt":"2024-09-01T17:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosemarymasters.com\/staging\/6055\/?page_id=109"},"modified":"2025-01-15T20:31:21","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T20:31:21","slug":"the-escape-protocol","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rosemarymasters.com\/staging\/6055\/the-escape-protocol\/","title":{"rendered":"eSCAPe Protocol Training"},"content":{"rendered":"

The eSCAPe Protocol is a set of interventions which frontline workers can use with people who are anxious, unreasonable, irrational, contemptuous or enraged.<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div>

This experiential course offers theoretical knowledge and a chance to practice the skills urgently needed by frontline workers and their supervisors. The course responds to the broader societal need<\/strong> to turn down the interpersonal volatility and intensity fueled by our current national divisions.<\/p>\n

The goal is to enable a\u00a0positive, problem solving interaction<\/strong>\u00a0between an agitated person and a front line worker who wants to be helpful. To achieve this goal, frontline workers must\u00a0create a sense of safety. They should do so so by using the four interventions of the eSCAPe protocol.<\/p>\n

The course is taught in four separate modules:<\/p>\n

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  1. Brain basics<\/li>\n
  2. The four interventions that can calm people down.<\/li>\n
  3. Remembering the four interventions<\/li>\n
  4. Practice by watching and doing.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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    Brain Basics<\/h4><\/span>
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    Participants will get a quick overview of what our brains do when danger threatens. They will learn that when our brains think something dangerous is about to happen, our ability to think, reason and communicate go off line. Instead, we are dominated by the impulse to fight, run away or freeze.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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    Four Interventions<\/h4><\/span>
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    The eSCAPe Protocol prescribes how to respond to someone operating as if they are in danger. It distills these interactions into four simple interpersonal interactions.<\/p>\n

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    1. Social Connection:<\/strong> Let the agitated person know they are understood and that someone wants to help.<\/li>\n
    2. Choice and Control:<\/strong> Give the agitated person some experience of personal agency: Something simple is fine. We can offer the opportunity to talk now or later, have a drink of water or a cup of coffee.<\/li>\n
    3. Anticipation:<\/strong> Let the person know what is going to happen next. \u201cWhen you go to the motor vehicles office, it\u2019s going to be crowded.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n
    4. Planning:<\/strong> As the person calms down, the parts of the brain that can look ahead and decide what to do next can come back on line. The frontline worker can say, \u201cLet\u2019s make a list of the documents you need to take with you to the social security office.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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      Remembering the four interventions<\/h4><\/span>
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      eSCAPe\u2019s interventions are simple, the challenge for frontline workers is remembering to use them while they carry out their essential employment tasks. Not so easy!<\/p>\n

      The eSCAPe Protocol uses a time-honored method popular in the medical field. They will learn a mnemonic, eSCAPe, which stands for \u201cEscape Psychological Trauma.\u201d<\/strong> The four interventions, S<\/strong>ocial Connection, C<\/strong>hoice and Control, A<\/strong>nticipation and P<\/strong>lanning, are represented by the letters middle four letters of eSCAPe.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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      Practice by watching and doing<\/h4><\/span>
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      We wish learning eSCAPe were as simple as reading a book or memorizing the mnemonic. It\u2019s not, because using eSCAPe requires integrating its use with whatever tasks the frontline worker is expected to carry out at the same time. We learned from EMT and paramedic trainees, that having memorized, the mnemonic, participants can\u00a0consolidate their learning with demonstration and role play practice. <\/strong>This experiential feature of learning the protocol is crucial. A video of a typical eSCAPe intervention helps make the cognitive concepts come alive. In role play, using previously written scripts or personnel experiences, every participant takes turns being the frontline worker or the agitated person.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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      eSCAPe Protocol Learning Objectives<\/h2><\/div>