Randomized, controlled trial of three levels of critical incident stress intervention

Prehospital and Disaster Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 367-371

  Macnab, Andrew ^a   Sun, Charles ^a   Lowe, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

debriefing; emergency medical technician; post traumatic stress disorder; stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESCUE PERSONNEL; TELEPHONE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; HOTLINES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC;

EID: 4344647531     PISSN: 1049023X     EISSN: 19451938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1049023X00001333     Document Type: Article

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