Crisis
The letters FEMA stand for this
Federal Emergency Management Agency
An example is getting married
What is a maturation or developmental crisis
During this phase the community is warned and preparations for the event is happening
What is Phase 1 or Pre-warning
The letter "A" of psychological first aid stands for this
What is arousal?
3 risk factors leading to complicated grief
What is unexpected death, suicide/homicide, death of a child, socially shameful death, financial dependence on deceased, pre-existing mental illness, poor coping skills?
The time limit of a crisis
What is 4-6 weeks
An example is being fired from my job
What is a situational crisis
This phase is when panic is occurring and trial and error is failing. Resources are being depleted, communication breaks down, and there is a lack of police and healthcare services.
What is Phase 3 or the Panic Trial-and Error Phase?
The letter "B" of psychological first aid stands for this
What is abnormal or irrational behavior?
This type of grief is often seen when a loved one has been sick for a while with a terminal disease?
What is anticipatory grief?
A crisis that goes really bad
What is a disaster?
An example is a school shooting
What is a traumatic or Adventitious crisis
The disaster is occurring, rescuers are providing resources to survivors. This is when secondary care is being given by providing for physical and psychological safety.
What is Phase 2 or the Crisis/Disaster Phase
The letter "C" in the ABC's is when this occurs
What is cognitive disorientation?
Another name for grief overload and is often seen by rescue, police, and healthcare providers.
What is Cumulative Grief?
Holmes' Stress Inventory identifies this as the most crisis-provoking events
What is the death of a loved one?
This person was involved in formulating the idea that crises are part of normal growth and developmental
Who is Eric Erikson?
This is the phase when primary care is given, preparing for evacuation, are there enough medications on hand, gather emergency supplies.
What is Phase 1 or Pre-Warning Phase?
One focus of ABC psychological first aid is this.
What is help victims prioritize, get them resources and information, and prevent complications (permanent psychiatric trauma, SI/HI, worsening of psychiatric conditions).
The nurse suspects the family may experience traumatic grief if 3 of these factors occur at the time of death of a loved one
What is no time to prepare, violence/mutilation/destruction, the death was preventable or random, multiple deaths (mass casualties to community), if your own life was endangered or had to confront massive shocking deaths or mutilation
A crisis can cause these 2 psychological responses
What is growth or deterioration?
Name 3 common characteristics of a crisis (there are at least 7)
What are: there is little to no time to prepare, there is often loss of communication with loved ones, usual coping skills fail, time limited (4-6 weeks),life-threatening/overwhelming, precipitated by a specific identifiable event, is a loss or perceived loss
This phase is when tertiary care is being given and recovery is being provided with outpatient clinics, counseling workshops are offered.
What is phase 4 or Overwhelmed to Recuperation?
This letter of the ABCs of psychological First aid includes decreasing excitement, providing comfort and safety, and help focus on the immediate problems.
What is "A" or arousal?
5 signs of complicated grief
What is inability to enjoy life or think about good times with the deceased, extreme of reminders or avoidance, inability to focus on little but the loved one’s death, intense and persistent longing for the deceased, problems accepting the death or numbness or detachment, irritability or agitation, intense pain at the thought of the loved one, feeling life has no meaning or purpose, when the expectation of the family is to expect the loved one to act normal, as if nothing has occurred