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Saying No to Invisible Wounds: Preventing Psychological Trauma in Prehospital Patients: A New Approach to EMS Training
This article appeared in EMS World, August 2016
For the past five years, faculty of the Prehospital Care Program of LaGuardia Community College in New York City has studied the challenge of reducing the risk of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (P.T.S.D.) for patients served by emergency medical personnel. The effort has been led by a committee of senior faculty in consultation with specialists in psychological trauma affiliated with the the Trauma Studies Center of the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy. The result is an innovative educational approach which gives graduates of LaGuardia’s EMS and paramedic graduates the knowledge, skills and confidence to respond to the terror and panic experienced by many emergency patients and their families. Read More »