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The Psychological First Aid Unit of Civil Protection has asserted itself in the complete care of emergencies in just three months.
During this time their psychologists and technicians have attended 160 people who have given them emergency psychological assistance in potentially traumatic situations all the high emotional impact that may cause the event to the patient's relatives, witnesses or involved in the same .
So, on five occasions have involved traumatic or sudden deaths in other five have been requested by some morgue, and has worked in two suicide attempts, three cases of domestic violence, fourteen anxiety disorders for reasons other eight accidents three communication of bad news.
Thus the effectiveness and operability in joint actions with other units of Civil Protection and Local Police and Fire through its direct activation is demonstrated, as this psychological care team works when the emergency is over and we have to help those suffering damage to emotional, psychological, mental level.
The type of intervention is so diverse and broad that, although some protocols, the unit can not adhere to them directly because all cases are different and people react differently.
The unit has 8 psychologists, 8 technicians, and nurses in constant training in emergency psychology.
In fact, four of them are going to take a course on these issues at the National School of Civil Protection in Madrid next week.
The Security council, Nuria Fuentes, stated that "the work of this team is important because they put balm, sometimes very difficult, in these tragedies, and adapt to a breakneck speed to every situation that may occur. Turns really hard find and act on the right time to approach a person who, for what happened, is not able to find a way to process what happened, and they get "
The main objectives of this team are:
- Provide emotional support care using specific techniques and communication skills both victims and survivors.
- Provide psychological support through emotional venting techniques.
- Perform psychological first aid on the spot because it is proven that people who have received counseling immediately after a traumatic event show a better adjustment and coping ability, so it is concluded that psychological treatment in an Emergency Department and Emergency contributes to the mitigation of subsequent psychopathology.
He Acting on stage Impact: scene of the emergency, hospitals, funeral homes, private homes ... can display a center of psychological care, with the aim of removing the hub emotional victim or victims, for which a zone is enabled on the arrival point where families can go to get any information (should be well signposted and have a quiet place).
- Provide emergency psychological assistance in potentially traumatic situations all the high emotional impact that may cause the event to the patient's relatives, witnesses or involved in the same or in those where the UPAP Technical staff is the most appropriate remedy, as specified by first responders after your appraisal.
- When required by the personnel involved in an emergency for yourself or a colleague to reviews, strong impact acute stress or injury of a member of the welfare provisions (Fire, Police, Red Cross, Civil Protection fellow ...) situations
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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