Name
Acute Stress Management for the Health Care Provider
Date & Time
Tuesday, June 11, 2019, 8:15 AM - 9:45 AM
Matthew Carvey
Description
There is increasing awareness among healthcare providers of the emotional toll caused by acutely stressful cases. COPED, or Counsellor/psychiatrist, Outcome was uncontrollable, Personal stress management, Experience resulting from this event, and Debriefing/defusing, is an acronym providing guidance for managing stress. Employment of COPED can help prevent the development of more permanent psychiatric conditions, such as PTSD, in healthcare providers following such events.  
 
Session Objectives:
  1. Ability to implement the "COPED" acronym if/when a traumatic event occurs in the health care setting.
  2. Describe situations that could lead to the development of an acute stress response.
  3. Discuss further techniques that could identify acute stress reactions and implement these resources to attempt in preventing long-term psychiatric conditions.  
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Location Name
Buck Mountain
Full Address
The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center
110 Shenandoah Ave NW
Roanoke, VA 24016
United States
Session Type
Workshop