I am inquiring on what organizations may have in place to address Employee / Visitor Crisis - Critical incidents.   We have employee assaults, trauma, suicides, or stress related to coding your own coworker, etc….  We have identified that these and many other type of events may necessitate a Debrief and / or crisis intervention.   We are thinking about a small team to activate when certain types of incidents occur to address the physical, emotional, and /or psychological effects of a traumatic event.  A lot of our staff some directly or indirectly involved are having problems processing and communicating effectively afterwards, so we want to offer them an avenue of help.   

 

1)  Does your organization have a formal program/incident crisis response internally?  Or contracted? 

2)  Is there an internal team assembled?  If so, who is it comprised of.    Social worker, Clergy, Psychologist, RN, etc…

3)  How is it activated?

4)  Are their "tiers" to who is included w/in the crisis management intervention? 

 

Any and all recommendations would be helpful as we seek more information to provide a more formal and productive option for our traumatized employees.  Please email me at Chansen@mhg.com if you have info or resources that may be of assistance.  Thank you very much in advance!!!

 

Cindy

 

Cindy Hansen, RN, MSN, CCM, CSIWCP

Employee Health Manager

Memorial Hospital  - Gulfport, Mississippi

Ph:  228-867-4174

Fax:  228-867-4080

 

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