Citation

Cudmore J. Nurs. Crit. Care 1996; 1(3): 120-126.

Affiliation

School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Biological Sciences, University of Southampton.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, British Association of Critical Care Nurses, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9594099

Abstract

Nurses working in Accident and Emergency may be susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder (Rentoul and Ravenscroft 1993, Scott and Stradling 1994). The literature suggests that defusing immediately following a resuscitation may help to reduce abnormal stress reactions (Mitchell, 1988; Wright, 1992, 1993). Critical incident stress debriefing is recommended following critical incidents to help prevent emergency personnel developing post-traumatic stress disorder (Jimmerson, 1988; Mitchell, 1983, 1988; Parkinson, 1995).

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