Flashcards in OG 4.9 Critical Incident Stress Management Deck (14):
1
What percentage of people who demonstrate symptoms related to stress can resolve these alone?
50%, the other half continue to be affected.
2
What's four events are particularly stressful for emergency workers?
1. death of child
2. Death of a coworker
3. High-rise fires
4. MCI's
3
Where can a member or family member receive informal help for individual counseling?
EAP
4
Where can a person received professional help in regards to individual counseling?
Cascade centers
City select
Kaiser medical plan
5
When being matched up with a peer supporter, who will people be generally matched up with?
Same rank
Same gender
Someone with experience in the area of concern
6
How many EAP visits do you get for each incident per fiscal year?
Eight visits
7
The CISM team consists of what 4 people?
1. EAP Coordinator
2. Mental health professionals
3. Peer supporters
4. Chaplain
8
An informal, shorter debriefing with a small number of personnel immediately after an event is called:
Defusing
9
A group intervention used after a large-scale event to provide information on critical incident stress:
Demobilization - performed by mental health professional and off-duty peers
10
A defusion session is led by two or three peer counselors which prepares the worker to return home with a lighter emotional burden. How long does a defusion session last?
Ordinarily lasts less than one hour
11
If it is found that a debriefing is warranted after a critical incident, who will be contacted?
Oregon Critical Response Team
12
A debriefing is optimally conducted within how many hours of an incident?
24 to 72 hours. Not beyond one week.
13
When is a follow-up debriefing normally conducted?
Weeks or months after the incident.
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