Critical Incident Stress CIS
Emergency Service Worker's (ESW's) can experience excitement from saving property from destruction and the ultimate satisfaction of saving a life, but the exhilaration and thrills can come to a holt when ESW's are faced with an occupational hazard called Critical Incident Stress (CIS).(Mitchell 86).A critical incident does not have to be a major disaster, but is any situation faced by Emergency Service Worker's (ESW) that causes them to experience strange reactions which may have the potential to interfere in their performance of duties's either at the scene or later. Every year there is a high turnover of ESW's i.e. Police, Ambulance, Fire Brigade and volunteer organisation's because of CIS. It would be stupid to believe that ESW's can walk amongst broken bones, burning bodies's, handle body part's, assist with the distraught survivor's and view terrible destruction without being effected in some way by such graphic exposure. People suffering from this experience physical, emotional and cognitive effects.(Mitchell 86). CIS reaction's are incident specific. They may be either Acute or Delayed.(Mitchell 81) An acute CIS reaction begins while the ESW is engaged with on scene operations. It is an incident th
In Australia and America 86% of all ESW's suffered from cognitive, physical and emotional symptom's after exposure to a major incident. Only 50% of those people drop their symptom's without having counselling and one quarter of the 86% drop their symptom's over a period of six months up to a year.(Mitchell 86). The emotional reactions to an acute stress situation include anxiety and fear, grief and depression, feeling lost and abandoned, withdrawal from other's anger and resentment, feeling numb, shocked and overwhelmed.(Mitchell 81). Department Of Bush Fire Services.Background To Critical Incident Stress and Critical Incident Stress Debriefing.Discussion Paper,Sydney,1992.
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