For Immediate Help

If you are the victim of violence, including sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, or violence/harassment based on sexual orientation or gender identity, help is available!
 

If you are in immediate danger, call 911.

Once you are no longer in immediate danger and are in a safe place:

• To help ease the shock, keep yourself warm by using a blanket or coat

• Preserve any evidence. DO NOT:

• Take a shower or bath
• Douche
• Smoke
• Change clothes. If you must change clothes, place your clothes in a paper bag because plastic bags are known to destroy evidence
• Touch anything at the crime scene
• Brush/Comb your hair
• Urinate (if possible)
• Eat/ Drink anything
• Brush/Rinse your teeth

• Call someone you trust:

• Friend
• Relative
• Resident Assistant (RA)
• Victim Advocate: Family Crisis Resource Center (FCRC)– 301-759-9244
• Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)– 301-687-4234
• Brady Health Center– 301-687-4310
• Western Maryland Regional Medical Center– 240-964-1200
   

• Seek medical attention– Western Maryland Regional Medical Center– 240-964-1200

• Take a change of clothing with you to the hospital
   

• Call the police

• On-campus Police– 301-687-4222
• Frostburg City Police – 301-689-3000

No two individuals process a traumatic event such as sexual assault in the same manner. There is no “right” or “wrong” reaction to a traumatic event. Some typical reactions may include: