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Mining Publication: A Missing Component in Your Emergency Management Plans: The Critical Incident Stress Factor
Keywords: Emergency planning Emergency response Emergency workers Emotional stress
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Original creation date: April 1994
Authors: KM Kowalski
Conference Paper - April 1994
Download PDF Document (1.53 MB)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20032163
TIEMEC '94. The International Emergency Management and Engineering Conference, April 18-21, 1994, Hollywood Beach, Florida. Sullivan JD, and Tufekci S, eds., Dallas, TX: The International Emergency Management and Engineering Society, 1994 Apr; :65-70
In emergency management, the effects of stress on the performance of emergency personnel, typically have been ignored or regarded as too enigmatic to quantify. This paper discusses the concept of Critical Incident Stress in responders to emergencies. It presents the rationale for considering stress as a significant factor in the management of emergencies. It is proposed that Critical Incident Stress Debriefing in a disaster can improve the effectiveness of response teams on site, their turnaround time on site, and post-disaster time off the job. Critical Incident Stress intervention also can mitigate potential deleterious emotional effects associated with emergency work. This paper, prepared by a U.S. Bureau of Mines researcher, offers some ideas to the mining industry in general, to mine rescue team trainers, and to developers of program simulations on the specific issue of how people, time, materials and space may be factored into a plan for emergency management. The impact of stress on emergency workers is presented as a missing component in present emergency management models.
Image of publication A Missing Component in Your Emergency Management Plans: The Critical Incident Stress FactorConference Paper - April 1994
Download PDF Document (1.53 MB)
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 20032163
TIEMEC '94. The International Emergency Management and Engineering Conference, April 18-21, 1994, Hollywood Beach, Florida. Sullivan JD, and Tufekci S, eds., Dallas, TX: The International Emergency Management and Engineering Society, 1994 Apr; :65-70
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Page last reviewed: September 21, 2012
Page last updated: September 21, 2012
Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program
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