Critical Incident Stress Debriefing is provided through a qualified and certified team of care provides. Here are some of the training materials that a Crisis Care provider and offer you.
The Need –
90% of the United States citizens will be exposed to a traumatic event during their lifetime.
Suicide rates have been seen to increase as much as 63% in the first year after an earthquake.
Approximately 1 million persons each year become victims of violent crimes while at work.
16 persons die at work everyday.
A “critical incident” is any incident causing one to experience a threat to his or her own life and well-being, overwhelming feelings, stress reactions and an inability to function effectively:
- Vehicle Fatality
- Assaults/Homicides/ Robbery
- Explosion, Fire, Collapse
- Natural Disasters
There are costs for the employers and businesses –
Pursuit of medical, psychiatric and legal opinions
Protracted medical treatment for “unrelated” physical complaints
Use of illegal substance to self-medicate
Inability to concentrate at work
Hypervigilence and guarded behavior
Irritability with fellow workers and customers
Resignation and attrition of fellow employees
PTSD (Post Tramatic Stress Disorder)
Psalm 21:14 –
“I am poured out like water,
And all my bones are out of joint;
My heart is like wax;
It is melted within me.”
God’s Redemptive Power
Psalm 40:2-3
“He brought me up out of the pit of
destruction, out of the miry clay.
And he set my feet upon a rock making my
footsteps firm.
He put a new song in my mouth, a song of
Praise to our God;
Many will see and fear
And will trust in the Lord.”
LUKE 10
Meet the need:
- On its own turf
- At the point of greatest need
- In situations others avoid
- Across typical social boundaries
- Outside of usual reimbursement systems
- As Christ would
