Preventing post traumatic stress disorder in accident and emergency nursing. A review of the literature
Cudmore, J.
Nursing in Critical Care 1(3): 120-126
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 1362-1017 PMID: 9594099 Document Number: 461862
Nurses working in Accident and Emergency may be susceptible to post-traumatic stress disorder (Rentoul and Ravenscroft 1993, Scott and Stradling 1994). The literature suggests that defusing immediately following a resuscitation may help to reduce abnormal stress reactions (Mitchell, 1988; Wright, 1992, 1993). Critical incident stress debriefing is recommended following critical incidents to help prevent emergency personnel developing post-traumatic stress disorder (Jimmerson, 1988; Mitchell, 1983, 1988; Parkinson, 1995).