Does psychological trauma affect resuscitation providers?
Abstract
If you ask health professionals about their experiences of resuscitation, they will sometimes tell you about a case that somehow bit deeper into them than they expected. It goes without saying that some events in medicine are more poignant, more disturbing, or more stressful than others. Sometimes, however, upsetting events can have effects that stray past the boundaries of work and into our personal lives. This begs the question: can we can spot those cases likely to affect us in this way? Or perhaps instead we could identify individuals most likely to be affected? In either case, can we do anything about it or is this just part and parcel of being a doctor or nurse?
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Date
2019
Type
Editorial
Subject
Psychological stress, Anxiety, Health personnel, Resuscitation
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Citation
Beed, M. & Penn, M. (2019). Does psychological trauma affect resuscitation providers? Resuscitation, 142 (Sept), pp. 188-189.