Stress, Trauma & Everything In Between Seminar
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Stress trauma and Everything In-between
An Awareness of Pertinent Mental Health Concerns in Fire Service
A four-hour discussion as an overview of various forms of stress and trauma exposures to include mental health concerns in today’s fire service. We will discuss leadership initiatives that can impact the cultural changes needed to address the mental health of responders.
Topics include:
Stress: acute-cumulative-chronic-critical incident, burnout
Trauma: critical event- vicarious- compassion fatigue
Anxiety
Depression
Substance abuse
Sleep deprivation
Suicide
PTS and PTSD
The need for physical and emotional wellness in fire service
The value of resiliency training
The goals and purpose of critical incident stress management
Stress and trauma resources for first responders
Four educational contact hours will be awarded through the Rhode Island Critical Incident Stress Management TEAM, Inc
