Resources
Articles
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"Stress Points" - A stress education newsletter for emergncy service departments that are members of the Metro CISM Team.
Stages of Stress - How does a stress reaction happen? This gives you the blow-by-blow, from pre-incident to recovery.
Traumatic Event Information Sheet - You've been involved in a critical incident. What can you expect to happen to you? How will you manage? This will help answer these, and other questions.
Grief Management - We grieve because we suffer a loss. This loss can be obvious, such as death, or less tangible; the loss of safety on an incident, for example. Both losses will have some associated grief reactions.
Outside Resources
Below are links to agencies that are supportive of the Metro CISM team, or resources you may find helpful.
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Metropolitan Emergency Services Board