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- INFO: ALL RACES OPERATORS IN CA (ALLCA: OFFICIAL)
- ALL AMATEURS U.S. (@ USA: INFORMATION)
- FROM: CA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES (W6HIR @ WA6NWE.CA)
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- RACESBUL.279 DATE: June 21, 1993
- SUBJECT: OPS - CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS
- This is a topic we hope you don't experience, but if you do,
- perhaps this material may assist.
- "Normal emotional reactions and accompanying symptoms
- experienced by emergency response personnel as responses to
- abnormal events are characterized as critical incident stress.
- "Repression of these reactions can be unhealthy, especially
- for those who are exposed to this situation time and again.
- Agencies where the responders meet this situation repeatedly,
- such as the fire service, use critical incident stress debriefing
- (CISD). This provides an organized approach in an atmosphere
- that allows for emotional ventilation and support, and provides
- the information that will allow them to better cope with the
- tragedies they may experience (like holding a person who dies in
- their arms)."
- This came from an article in a CDF publication by Dan
- Oliver, CDF Safety Coordinator, who concluded, "...we are all
- human beings and we all have feelings which can be deeply scarred
- by these traumatic incidents. So talk about it, grieve over it
- and know that your being there did make a difference."
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- Note: Excellent pamplet: "Prevention and Control of Stress Among
- Emergency Workers" DHHS Publication No. (ADM) 88-1497, Alcohol,
- Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration, Nat'l Institute of
- Mental Health, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Md 20857 eom
-