PSYC 208 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Emergency Medical Technician, Palliative Sedation, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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First responders include police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians (emts), paramedic, search-and-rescue and recovery workers, suicide distress line personnel, and 911 operators and dispatchers. Health care workers include doctors, nurses, rehabilitation therapists, nursing home attendants, hospice volunteers, social workers, and grief counsellors. Death care workers include medical examiners, funeral directors, and cemetery grounds and crematory facility workers. Death can be disturbing and can lead to emotional, cognitive, and behavioural difficulties. Estimated of the prevalence of ptsd and other emotional problems following exposure to death vary. I(cid:374) ca(cid:374)ada, the te(cid:396)(cid:373) (cid:862)ope(cid:396)atio(cid:374)al st(cid:396)ess i(cid:374)ju(cid:396)(cid:455)(cid:863) is so(cid:373)eti(cid:373)es used to (cid:396)efe(cid:396) to this complex pattern including ptsd, anxiety, and depression when experienced by soldiers, police officers, and others in the line of duty. Ptsd is more likely when deaths or dying processes are particularly gruesome, when deaths involve personal connections, and when deaths are perceived as particularly tragic, such as the deaths of children.
