Review article: Debriefing critical incidents in the emergency department

EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 499-506

  Magyar, Joanne ^a   Theophilos, Theane ^a,b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Crisis intervention; Critical incident; Debriefing; Emergency department

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS; DATA BASE; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FIRST AID; HUMAN; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CRISIS INTERVENTION; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650326761     PISSN: 17426731     EISSN: 17426723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-6723.2010.01345.x     Document Type: Review

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