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In the line of fire : trauma in the emergency services / Cheryl Regehr, Ted Bober.
- Title
- In the line of fire : trauma in the emergency services / Cheryl Regehr, Ted Bober.
- Author
- Regehr, Cheryl
- Publication
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Bober, Ted
- Description
- x, 270 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "This much-needed new book, based on the authors' original research and clinical experience, describes the consequences of trauma exposure on police officers, firefighters, and paramedics. Weaving data collected in large-scale quantitative studies with the personal stories of responders shared in qualitative interviews, this account explores the personal, organizational, and societal factors that can ameliorate or exacerbate traumatic response." "Stress theory, organizational theory, crisis theory, and trauma theory provide a framework for understanding trauma responses and guiding intervention strategies. Using an ecological perspective, the authors explore interventions spanning prevention, disaster response, and follow-up, on individual, family, group, organizational, and community levels. They provide specific suggestions for planning intervention programs, developing trauma response teams, training emergency service responders and mental health professionals, and evaluating the effectiveness of services provided."--Jacket.
- Uniform Title
- University press scholarship online.
- Subjects
- Electronic books
- Rescue Work
- Disasters
- Occupational Diseases
- Emergency Medical Services
- Emergencies > psychology
- Stress Disorders, Traumatic
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Psychic trauma
- Police > Mental health
- Fire fighters > Mental health
- Emergency medical personnel > Mental health
- Police > Job stress
- Fire fighters > Job stress
- Emergency medical personnel > Job stress
- Genre/Form
- Electronic books.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-258) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Foreword / Albert R. Roberts -- 1. Setting the stage -- 2. All in a day's work : traumatic events in the line of duty -- 3. Building a framework : health, stress, crisis, and trauma -- 4. Disastrous events : mass emergencies and the emergency responder -- 5. The right stuff : trauma and coping -- 6. Help or hindrance? : stress and the emergency service organization -- 7. Heroes or villains? : public inquiries -- 8. Are you coming home tonight? : the impact of emergency service work on families -- 9. The continuum of interventions I : doing the right job at the right time -- 10. The continuum of interventions II : interventions for extreme stress -- 11. Laying the foundation : developing trauma response teams -- 12. Keeping it going : team maintenance -- 13. Does it work? : evaluating the efficacy of interventions -- References -- Index.
- ISBN
- 0195165020 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2004006827
- OCLC
- 54897823
- SCSB-11308212
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library