Psychosocial care for persons affected by emergencies and major incidents: a Delphi study to determine the needs of professional first responders for education, training and support
dc.contributor.author | Drury, John | |
dc.contributor.author | Kemp, Verity | |
dc.contributor.author | Newman, Jonathan | |
dc.contributor.author | Novelli, David | |
dc.contributor.author | Doyle, Christopher | |
dc.contributor.author | Walter, Darren | |
dc.contributor.author | Williams, Richard | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-01-22T12:00:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-01-22T12:00:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Drury, J. et al, 2013. Psychosocial care for persons affected by emergencies and major incidents: a Delphi study to determine the needs of professional first responders for education, training and support. Emergency Medicine Journal : EMJ, 30 (10), 831-836. | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1472-0205 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1472-0213 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1136/emermed-2012-201632 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12417/598 | |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: The role of ambulance clinicians in providing psychosocial care in major incidents and emergencies is recognised in recent Department of Health guidance. The study described in this paper identified NHS professional first responders' needs for education about survivors' psychosocial responses, training in psychosocial skills, and continuing support. METHOD: Ambulance staff participated in an online Delphi questionnaire, comprising 74 items (Round 1) on 7-point Likert scales. Second-round and third-round participants each received feedback based on the previous round, and responded to modified versions of the original items and to new items for clarification. RESULTS: One hundred and two participants took part in Round 1; 47 statements (64%) achieved consensus. In Round 2, 72 people from Round 1 participated; 15 out of 39 statements (38%) achieved consensus. In Round 3, 49 people from Round 2 participated; 15 out of 27 statements (59%) achieved consensus. Overall, there was consensus in the following areas: 'psychosocial needs of patients' (consensus in 34/37 items); 'possible sources of stress in your work' (8/9); 'impacts of distress in your work' (7/10); 'meeting your own emotional needs' (4/5); 'support within your organisation' (2/5); 'needs for training in psychosocial skills for patients' (15/15); 'my needs for psychosocial training and support' (5/6). CONCLUSIONS: Ambulance clinicians recognise their own education needs and the importance of their being offered psychosocial training and support. The authors recommend that, in order to meet patients' psychosocial needs effectively, ambulance clinicians are provided with education and training in a number of skills and their own psychosocial support should be enhanced. https://emj.bmj.com/content/emermed/30/10/831.full.pdf This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2012-201632 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.subject | Emergency Medical Services | en_US |
dc.subject | Counselling | en_US |
dc.subject | Delphi Technique | en_US |
dc.subject | Psychotherapy | en_US |
dc.subject | Training and Education | en_US |
dc.title | Psychosocial care for persons affected by emergencies and major incidents: a Delphi study to determine the needs of professional first responders for education, training and support | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article/Review | |
dc.source.journaltitle | Emergency Medicine Journal | en_US |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2019-12-10 | |
rioxxterms.version | NA | en_US |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | http://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved | en_US |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2019-12-10 | |
refterms.panel | Unspecified | en_US |
refterms.dateFirstOnline | 2012-11 | |
html.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: The role of ambulance clinicians in providing psychosocial care in major incidents and emergencies is recognised in recent Department of Health guidance. The study described in this paper identified NHS professional first responders' needs for education about survivors' psychosocial responses, training in psychosocial skills, and continuing support. METHOD: Ambulance staff participated in an online Delphi questionnaire, comprising 74 items (Round 1) on 7-point Likert scales. Second-round and third-round participants each received feedback based on the previous round, and responded to modified versions of the original items and to new items for clarification. RESULTS: One hundred and two participants took part in Round 1; 47 statements (64%) achieved consensus. In Round 2, 72 people from Round 1 participated; 15 out of 39 statements (38%) achieved consensus. In Round 3, 49 people from Round 2 participated; 15 out of 27 statements (59%) achieved consensus. Overall, there was consensus in the following areas: 'psychosocial needs of patients' (consensus in 34/37 items); 'possible sources of stress in your work' (8/9); 'impacts of distress in your work' (7/10); 'meeting your own emotional needs' (4/5); 'support within your organisation' (2/5); 'needs for training in psychosocial skills for patients' (15/15); 'my needs for psychosocial training and support' (5/6). CONCLUSIONS: Ambulance clinicians recognise their own education needs and the importance of their being offered psychosocial training and support. The authors recommend that, in order to meet patients' psychosocial needs effectively, ambulance clinicians are provided with education and training in a number of skills and their own psychosocial support should be enhanced. https://emj.bmj.com/content/emermed/30/10/831.full.pdf This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2012-201632 | en_US |