My job consists of elaborating different protocoles and training personnel on how to be efficient in the event of a major crisis.
I am currently rewriting my training course and i want to find a way of making it really resonate with medical and paramedical staff.
Part of what i want to address is what happens in our brain during an emergency situation, and how this reaction justifys the need to train in advance
I think the problem could be, that "crisis" with release of stress hormones and catecholamines may differ a lot between persons. So inter- und intra-rater reliability may be of importance.
What happens in the brain in emergency situations is reduced functioning, particularly of the frontal and left temporal cortex, so people are not able to think anymore. Therefore, you should teach the employees TRE or EFT Emotional Freedom Technique (tapping technique by Gary Craig) to bring themselves from a state of beeing overwhelmed (freezing, panic, immobilization) back in a state of rational functioning. It might also be helpful to train people using their voice to communicate safety. Breathing techniques like Pranayama yoga are also helpful. In German hospitals EFT is used to decrease the anxiety of patients and to calm them down to make treatments easier at the emergency ward.
The theoretical foundation for these interventions is Stephen PORGES Polyvagaltheory and KOZLOWSKAs "Defense Cascade".
A short overlook with a self-explaining schema you can find in my paper here on TRE Tension and trauma Releasing Exercises. There is a new video of the 7 exercises on youtube by David BERCELi.
Hi Schirra,
Essentially you are looking for trauma care skill development. WHO (World Health Org) has good guidelines for essential trauma care.
Emergency response differs from situation to situation. There are clear SOPs for each such emergency. You can access from org/bodies who respond to such emergencies.
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