First responders and psychological first aid

Journal of Emergency Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-48

  Pekevski, Jordan ^a  

^a South Dakota Human Services Center   (United States)

Author keywords

First responders; Mental health; Psychological first aid

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DISASTER; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; RESCUE PERSONNEL;

CRISIS INTERVENTION; DISASTERS; EMERGENCY RESPONDERS; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84879296390     PISSN: 15435865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5055/jem.2013.0126     Document Type: Article

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