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Wednesday, 29 April 2009 14:29
Working with trauma patients is stressful and can lead to PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) in emergency workers. Our job is tough, very fatiguing and requires a certain level of self awareness and care. The Trauma Mantra focuses on what you have practice daily and do consistently. We have a difficult job; one that is at times thankless. It is imperative we treat everyone with dignity and respect.
 
survive, do no harm, be nice
 
Everything you need to know about working and thriving in the trauma bay can be encompassed in the above phrase.
 
Survive - your first responsibility is to your personal safety and well being, you are also responsbile for the patient's safety and well being along with your team members. 
 
Do know harm - primum non nocere-the first principle of medical care. If in doubt-speak up-don't assume
 
Be nice - self-explanatory but stated necessarily. We interact with lots of people that aren't nice

PTSD/Compassion Fatigue Source/Links

Compassion Fatigue 101

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PTSD in Health Care Providers

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Burns, C. and Harm, N.J., 1993. Emergency nurses' perceptions of critical incidents and stress debriefing. Journal of Emergency Nursing 19 5, pp. 431–436.

Cudmore, J., 1996. Preventing posttraumatic stress disorder in accident and emergency nursing: A review of the literature. Nursing in Critical Care 1 3, pp.

Ehlers, A. and Clark, D.M., 2000. A cognitive model of posttraumatic stress disorder. Behaviour Research and Therapy 38 4, pp. 319–345
 
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