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Critical Incident Stress Management Critical Incident Stress Management Critical Incident Stress Management: Critical Incident Stress Management: Psychological First Aid for Trauma Psychological First Aid for Trauma Disasters, terrorist events and various Disasters, terrorist events and various everyday traumatic events produce everyday traumatic events produce stress that can cause emotional and stress that can cause emotional and physical debilitation and may result in physical debilitation and may result in more serious stress related conditions. more serious stress related conditions. Through timely intervention CISM Through timely intervention CISM provides support to lessen or eliminate provides support to lessen or eliminate the effects of the traumatic stress. the effects of the traumatic stress.

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Critical Incident Stress ManagementCritical Incident Stress Management

Critical Incident Stress Management: Critical Incident Stress Management: Psychological First Aid for TraumaPsychological First Aid for Trauma

Disasters, terrorist events and various Disasters, terrorist events and various everyday traumatic events produce stress everyday traumatic events produce stress that can cause emotional and physical that can cause emotional and physical debilitation and may result in more serious debilitation and may result in more serious stress related conditions. Through timely stress related conditions. Through timely intervention CISM provides support to lessen intervention CISM provides support to lessen or eliminate the effects of the traumatic or eliminate the effects of the traumatic stress. stress.

Critical Incident Stress ManagementCritical Incident Stress Management

Disasters, terrorist events and various Disasters, terrorist events and various everyday traumatic events produce everyday traumatic events produce stress that can cause emotional and stress that can cause emotional and physical debilitation and may result in physical debilitation and may result in more serious stress related conditions. more serious stress related conditions. Through timely intervention CISM Through timely intervention CISM provides support to lessen or eliminate provides support to lessen or eliminate the effects of the traumatic stress. the effects of the traumatic stress.

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The need for CISMThe need for CISM The value The value The purposeThe purpose The componentsThe components Tennessee Emergency Services CISM Tennessee Emergency Services CISM

TeamTeam

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Introductory StoryIntroductory Story Midland Texas October 14, i987Midland Texas October 14, i987 Who remembers the date?Who remembers the date?

Critical Incident Stress ManagementCritical Incident Stress Management

Introductory StoryIntroductory Story Midland Texas October 14, i987Midland Texas October 14, i987 Who remembers the date?Who remembers the date?

Critical Incident Stress ManagementCritical Incident Stress Management

Introductory StoryIntroductory Story Midland Texas October 14, i987Midland Texas October 14, i987 Who remembers the date?Who remembers the date? Jessica McClureJessica McClure Maybe “Baby Jessica”Maybe “Baby Jessica” Successful rescueSuccessful rescue The aftermathThe aftermath

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CRITICAL INCIDENTS CRITICAL INCIDENTS Unusually challenging eventUnusually challenging event Potential to create significant human Potential to create significant human

distressdistress Overwhelm one’s usual coping Overwhelm one’s usual coping

mechanismsmechanisms

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The Need ( a few statistics):The Need ( a few statistics): PTSD IN LAW ENFORCEMENT 10-15%PTSD IN LAW ENFORCEMENT 10-15% Fire suppression 10-30%Fire suppression 10-30% Estimated as many as 45% of those Estimated as many as 45% of those

exposed to mass disaster PTSD or exposed to mass disaster PTSD or depressiondepression

U.S. Center for Mental Health: 1.5 million U.S. Center for Mental Health: 1.5 million persons in NYC counseling following 9 11persons in NYC counseling following 9 11

Critical Incident Stress Serious MatterCritical Incident Stress Serious Matter

Critical Incident Stress ManagementCritical Incident Stress Management

Value of early crisis interventionValue of early crisis intervention May reduce need for more intense Psyc May reduce need for more intense Psyc

servicesservices Mitigate acute distressMitigate acute distress May reduce ETOH useMay reduce ETOH use Reduce distress in medical surgical Reduce distress in medical surgical

patients patients First responders resistant to tradition Psyc First responders resistant to tradition Psyc

Intervention NOT Counseling Intervention NOT Counseling

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History of interventionHistory of intervention ““Shell shock” WW IShell shock” WW I ““Battle Fatigue” WW IIBattle Fatigue” WW II Viet Nam began to study and work Viet Nam began to study and work

problemproblem British military: British military:

Proximity Proximity Immediacy Immediacy ExpectancyExpectancy

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The Purpose of Crisis InterventionThe Purpose of Crisis Intervention StabilizationStabilization Symptom reductionSymptom reduction Return to adaptive functioning and/orReturn to adaptive functioning and/or Facilitate access to continued (higher Facilitate access to continued (higher

level) carelevel) care Psychological First AidPsychological First Aid

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Critical Incident Stress ManagementCritical Incident Stress Management CComprehensiveomprehensive IIntegratedntegrated SSystematicystematic MMulti-tactic ulti-tactic

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The various components combine to The various components combine to provide broad-based solution to provide broad-based solution to traumatic stresstraumatic stress

Critical Incident Stress ManagementCritical Incident Stress Management

Pre-incident education and Pre-incident education and preparationpreparation

Assessment/strategic planningAssessment/strategic planning DemobilizationDemobilization Crisis management briefingCrisis management briefing DefusingDefusing Critical Incident Stress DebriefingCritical Incident Stress Debriefing

Critical Incident Stress Critical Incident Stress ManagementManagement

Significant other/Family supportSignificant other/Family support Organizational/community Organizational/community

consultationsconsultations Pastoral crisis interventionPastoral crisis intervention Follow-up services and/or referalsFollow-up services and/or referals

Critical Incident Stress ManagementCritical Incident Stress Management

Pre-incident education and Pre-incident education and preparationpreparation

Critical Incident Stress ManagementCritical Incident Stress Management

Pre-incident education and Pre-incident education and preparationpreparation

Assessment/strategic planningAssessment/strategic planning

Used for pre-planning and/or Used for pre-planning and/or choosing and setting up proper choosing and setting up proper interventions for major sized crises interventions for major sized crises

Critical Incident Stress ManagementCritical Incident Stress Management

Pre-incident education and Pre-incident education and preparationpreparation

Assessment/strategic planningAssessment/strategic planning DemobilizationDemobilization

Used in large on-going operations at Used in large on-going operations at the end of the first shift when workers the end of the first shift when workers have to return to operations next dayhave to return to operations next day

Critical Incident Stress ManagementCritical Incident Stress Management

Pre-incident education and Pre-incident education and preparationpreparation

Assessment/strategic planningAssessment/strategic planning DemobilizationDemobilization Crisis management briefingCrisis management briefing

Town meeting used to inform a Town meeting used to inform a population of the status population of the status

Critical Incident Stress ManagementCritical Incident Stress Management

Pre-incident education and preparationPre-incident education and preparation Assessment/strategic planningAssessment/strategic planning DemobilizationDemobilization Crisis management briefingCrisis management briefing DefusingDefusing

Small group crisis intervention normally Small group crisis intervention normally on shift often follow-up later with CISDon shift often follow-up later with CISD

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Pre-incident education and preparationPre-incident education and preparation Assessment/strategic planningAssessment/strategic planning DemobilizationDemobilization Crisis management briefingCrisis management briefing DefusingDefusing Critical Incident Stress DebriefingCritical Incident Stress Debriefing

Team lead group intervention 24 – 72 Team lead group intervention 24 – 72 hourshours

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Significant other/Family supportSignificant other/Family support Organizational/community Organizational/community

consultationsconsultations Pastoral crisis interventionPastoral crisis intervention Follow-up services and/or referralsFollow-up services and/or referrals

Critical Incident Stress ManagementCritical Incident Stress Management

Significant other/Family supportSignificant other/Family support

Obvious point—not just emergency Obvious point—not just emergency service worker affectedservice worker affected

Critical Incident Stress ManagementCritical Incident Stress Management

Significant other/Family supportSignificant other/Family support Organizational/community Organizational/community

consultationsconsultations

Meetings like this, school systems Meetings like this, school systems disaster groupsdisaster groups

Critical Incident Stress ManagementCritical Incident Stress Management

Significant other/Family supportSignificant other/Family support Organizational/community Organizational/community

consultationsconsultations Pastoral crisis interventionPastoral crisis intervention

Recently recognized the value of Recently recognized the value of faith-based spiritual support (crisis of faith-based spiritual support (crisis of faith)faith)

Critical Incident Stress ManagementCritical Incident Stress Management

Significant other/Family supportSignificant other/Family support Organizational/community Organizational/community

consultationsconsultations Pastoral crisis interventionPastoral crisis intervention Follow-up services and/or referralsFollow-up services and/or referrals

We teach refer, refer, refer we We teach refer, refer, refer we provide first-level care provide first-level care

Critical Incident Stress ManagementCritical Incident Stress Management

Pre-incident education and Pre-incident education and preparationpreparation

Assessment/strategic planningAssessment/strategic planning DemobilizationDemobilization Crisis management briefingCrisis management briefing DefusingDefusing Critical Incident Stress DebriefingCritical Incident Stress Debriefing

Critical Incident Stress ManagementCritical Incident Stress Management

Significant other/Family supportSignificant other/Family support Organizational/community Organizational/community

consultationsconsultations Pastoral crisis interventionPastoral crisis intervention Follow-up services and/or referralsFollow-up services and/or referrals

Critical Incident Stress ManagementCritical Incident Stress Management

Tennessee Federation of Fire ChaplainsTennessee Federation of Fire Chaplains

Affiliated Federation of Fire ChaplainsAffiliated Federation of Fire Chaplains

Tennessee Emergency ServicesTennessee Emergency Services

Chaplains AssociationChaplains Association

Provides training using FFC standards Provides training using FFC standards and CISM Team and servicesand CISM Team and services