The Crash of Continental 1713 : the impact on hospital-based personnel.
Material type: TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: MAY 1991Description: 5 p. : illSubject(s): Subject: Psychological morbidity is a common finding in rescue personnel following a disaster. However, no serious attention has been given to the possibility that hospital-based personnel are also at risk. Therefore, 12 to 16 months after the crash of Continental 1713, 15 subjects who had worked with crash victims and their families only while in the hospital, were given a structured interview. It is concluded that the emotional effects of disasters on hospital-based personnel are not trivial.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Reprinted from The Journal of Emergency Medicine; 1991; Vol. 9; pp459-463
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Psychological morbidity is a common finding in rescue personnel following a disaster. However, no serious attention has been given to the possibility that hospital-based personnel are also at risk. Therefore, 12 to 16 months after the crash of Continental 1713, 15 subjects who had worked with crash victims and their families only while in the hospital, were given a structured interview. It is concluded that the emotional effects of disasters on hospital-based personnel are not trivial.
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