<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news-events/downstate-update/2025/june/06-01-avert-training.html" dsn="blogs"><featured/><categories/><pubDate>06/01/2025 12:18:14 AM</pubDate><title>Register Today For An Upcoming AVERT Active Shooter Training</title><sub-title/><description>AVERT, short for Active Violence Emergency Response Training goes beyond active shooter training by teaching emergency bleeding control techniques, warning signs of a potential aggressor, quick response in a violent situation, escape, evade, or attack in critical seconds during an event, and staff confidence needed to respond. University Hospital at Downstate is now a training center with 14 certified instructors that includes staff from Emergency Management, University Police, the HAZMAT team, and the ED.</description><author>Office of Communications &amp; Marketing</author><image><img xmlns:ouc="http://omniupdate.com/XSL/Variables" src="" alt="Avert Logo"/></image><tags><tag>University Police</tag></tags><categories/></item>