The Psychological impact of disaster on rescue personnel.

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Durham, Thomas W

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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: JUL 1985Description: 5 p. : illSubject(s):

Subject: Seventy-nine rescue, fire and medical personnel and police officers who treated victims of an apartment building explosion completed a questionnaire describing their emotional and coping responses to the disaster. Eighty percent had at least one symptom of posttraumatic stress disorder. Planning for the emotional aspects of these events is needed so as to alleviate the impact on rescue personnel

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Reprinted from Annals of Emergency Medicine; Vol. 14 No. 7; July 1985; pp664-668

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Seventy-nine rescue, fire and medical personnel and police officers who treated victims of an apartment building explosion completed a questionnaire describing their emotional and coping responses to the disaster. Eighty percent had at least one symptom of posttraumatic stress disorder. Planning for the emotional aspects of these events is needed so as to alleviate the impact on rescue personnel

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