sentinel event reduction system is described herein the system includes a uniquely engineered door that is hung in a door frame for use particularly in facilities where there are at risk patients who may hurt themselves or attempt suicide the door is hung in any conventional door frame the door has an angled top and a continuous hinge further in at least some examples a pliable material is attached to the opposite side of the door from the hinge side of the door the door is dimensioned so that there are substantial openings above and below the door between the door and the door frame turning now to fig1 and 2 the sentinel event reduction system 10 is shown with a door 20 mounted onto one side of a door frame 15 the complete doorway is defined by the door frame 15 and the floor 17 the door 20 is trapezoidally shaped a first side of the door 25 is adjacent to and hanging on the door frame 15 the first side 25 includes a continuous hinge 26 that attaches the door 20 onto the door frame 15 this first side 25 of the door 20 is substantially straight to enable the operation of a conventional hinge along substantially the entire length of the first side a second or top side 30 of the door 20 is adjacent the first side 25 an acute angle 31 is formed by the intersection of the first side 25 and top side 30 of the door 20 the size of the acute angle 31 is in one example between about 45 u00b0 and 65 u00b0 in one.