Emergency Services Personnel
Below is a list of information currently available from the National Center
for PTSD about first responders and emergency services personnel. For more information,
click on the related links and/or search the PILOTS database for a more
complete listing of articles available on this topic.
Fact sheets
Casualty
and Death Notification
A curriculum on
compassionate casualty/death notification for professional counselors and
victim advocates
Disaster
Rescue and Response Workers
Information about
the effects of traumatic stress on disaster rescue and response workers, as
well as coping and self-care strategies
Working with
Trauma Survivors
In-depth information for volunteers,
rescue workers, health care workers, and journalists
Helping
Survivors in the Wake of Disaster
Concise information for volunteers, mental-health clinicians,
spiritual leaders, and medical personnel about the effects of traumatic stress
and how to help survivors of disasters
Published Information by
National Center for PTSD staff
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Website Links
American Red Cross
The official home site of the American Red Cross.
FEMA
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's website for emergency personnel.
International Association of Fire Fighters
The IAFF represents state employees, federal workers, and fire and emergency
medical workers employed at certain facilities.
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