Emotional First Aid: A Field Guide to Crisis Intervention and Psychological Survival

More and more behavioral healthcare professionals and paraprofessionals are being asked to leave the relative comfort of their regular workplace to participate in crisis intervention and work in disaster scenarios, equipped with emotional first aid. First and second responders from novices to those with years of experience will find information to help them respond to emergencies more effectively and avoid compassion fatigue. Just because you may be ready and willing to go does not mean, in and of itself, that you are prepared to go. In this book you will find many of those preparation and response concerns addressed. Direction is given and many forms and guidelines are provided to help make your experience in crisis intervention and disaster response a rewarding one. Being unprepared will distract from your mission, from your satisfaction, and steer you away from responding in the future.

Highlights from Emotional First Aid include the following:

• Basic crisis intervention and emotional first aid procedures
• Force protection procedures and resiliency information
• Information for adjusting one s mindset to the disaster scenario
• What to take with you when you go
• Special concerns about which each responder should be aware
• Reproducible reference forms, tests, and tables for use before, during, and after responding to crisis situations and disasters.

Become a trusted, emotionally sharp professional responder by being prepared!