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"Be Prepared"
(Scouts Motto)
First Responders, EAP, Crisis Counselors and Critical
Incident Stress Management (CISM) teams all know the value of emergency
preparedness. Centralize and increase your disaster preparedness with critical
trauma reducing resources.
In fact the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) spends millions
of dollars on mitigation, or preparedness, to minimize the impact of disasters
both man-made and natural. Sadly though, statistics indicate that only a low
percentage actually follow these guidelines of preparedness, thus adding
substantially to the stress of the event. As a responder, whether an Employee
Assistance Program (EAP) professional, social worker, first responder,
emergency personnel, Chaplain, or any of the mental health disciplines, how
prepared are you? Do you experience the "scramble" when the
news comes in? Our own stress reactions to critical incidents can create high
energy, but less focus. Working at an accelerated pace, our strong desire to
get there, can unfortunately lead to things being left behind. Like the
handout you wanted. Or your business cards. After all, we are only human too.
We have all been there.
Despite our best intentions to plan and arrange our resources in
some logical, easy access format knowing it will ease our response, it just
doesn't get done. Instead we work "on the fly". Many of us who work in crisis
intervention like working on the fly. But liking to work on the fly and
being unprepared are two different things. In a time where trauma producing
events in the form of man-made disasters, corporate tragedies, terrorism and
natual disasters are seemingly daily occurances, so too does our preparedness
need to be optimized. The Critical Incident Response-Kit has done this for you.
Get on the List and Receive Emergency Preparedness Sendouts!
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