Equipping Individuals, Leaders, & Organizations Facing Challenge and Change
Grounding and stabilization are essential forms of care for individuals experiencing acute reactions. These techniques help bring the person back to the present moment and can help to reduce distress. This is especially important when the individual cannot function or...
“Mass Casualty Incident- youth group bus turned over on high mountain pass. Report of multiple injuries. Approximately 20 minors and 4 adults on board. State patrol, medical, fire, and mutual aid en-route.” Arriving on the scene, Scott was hit by the typical...
Disaster response is exciting, challenging, exhilarating, and exhausting. Responders have the opportunity to implement skills drawn from deep experience and long hours of training. Or they can find themselves in environments and contexts that are brand new and end up...
In the midst of a critical incident, it is vital that people get clear, concise, and regular communication. People need to know what is going on, what they can do about it, and what will be done for them. A Crisis Management Briefing (Everly 2000), or CMB, is an...
It is important to understand the unusual types of decisions people are forced to make in response to a crisis. These are not typically decisions people were making just weeks before the crisis hit. Not all of these are risk decisions; some are moral or ethical in...
We live in a world where nothing under heaven is constant, except change. When we are returning from the field, leaving for the field again, or entering a new realm of life or work, there is always an onslaught of change. But change does not equal transition. Change...
Moral Injury is a term that is starting to be more commonly used in relation to a collection of behavioral responses to traumatic events. The term developed from research studies conducted with military personnel who had witnessed, or been involved in, violent...
One of the deadliest viruses on earth had now almost literally arrived on his doorstep. He had received a call from one of the docs on shift- it was confirmed. The patient that had just arrived in the outdoor, covered triage area around the corner from his house,...
Are you talking to your kids about Covid-19? If not, you should be. The purpose of this document is to provide you with some simple tools to communicate with your children in a healthy way about this global pandemic. In the midst of a crisis, children are often pushed...
Covid-19 has monopolized a lot of life over the last few months. It is a disease that brings overwhelming uncertainty. From fears surrounding contracting the virus yourself to family members who are in ‘high risk’ demographics tointerruptions in routine and the known,...