When critical incidents cause a huge impact it is important we respond in an effective way to avoid and prevent secondary damage and trauma.
The
Speaker
Andrea Walraven-Thissen specialises in incident management during and after critical incidents. She structures and organises the first hours as a first responder and is an expert in psychosocial triage. She has a background in psychiatric nursing and has been working under Blue Lights for over 25 years. She trains and supervises teams in many countries and has written several books on the subject. Within EUCVT Andrea has been advising on how to improve the first response, during and right after terrorist attacks.”
Andrea
Walraven-Thissen
What the
event entails
We are living in complicated times, it is not easy to balance our challenging work in first response or helping professions with the needs we see in our private lives and the world around us. The workshop is aimed at professionals working within the field of medicine, Psychiatry, Therapy, Education, Law Enforcement, Social work and the likes. We will be addressing issues of acute stress, crises communication, secondary trauma and compassion fatigue.
This two-day workshop will give an in-depth look at how professionals, including first responders, can manage situations of Suicide and Accidents as well as related professional burnout and PTSD. The training will combine the best practice and contain an evidence base in science, incident experience and lived experience. The topics addressed will be Suicide Prevention, Intervention and Postvention best practice, risk management and the aftermath of working within the field of Suicidality. We will also be taking a close look at trauma resulting from accidents and potential complications.
day
workshop
Master
Class
2
+
Coffee breaks and Lunch will be included.
Aims
Goals
To empower delegates from multidisciplinary backgrounds and first response services to respond in an effective way.
To address and help prevent proffessional
burnout and PTSD.
With this workshop, Victim Support Malta wants to recognize the enormous efforts helpers put
into their work daily.
In a fascinating and very practical way, this workshop aims at teaching proffesionals how to improve multidisciplinary response to crisis in way that respect and improve our health, safety and team spirit.
What is Crisis Intervention
When critical incidents occur they have the potential to overwhelm our coping mechanisms. An incident can cause many kinds of crisis in the people or the communities it affects. During crisis intervention we structure the response and organise a continuum of care for both the civilians and all first responders involved.
Booking Options
Event Breakdown
Day 01
March 9th Workshop
9.30am: Suicide Prevention, Intervention
& Postvention
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Prevention - See, say, signpost
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Intervention - Managing risk and high risk circumstances and locations
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Postvention - Responding after suicide
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Suicide - Background information, Statistics and Research
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Risks and opportunities in communicating about suicide
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Exercise in suicide prevention conversation
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Guilt & Shame; Research, Risks and Opportunities
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Taboo & Religious backgrounds influencing suicide response
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Background information & Best practices
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Implementation of information - how can I apply this in my workplace?
3.30pm: Wrap up, questions and closing.
Day 02
March 10th Workshop
9.30am: Critical Incident Management
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Stress, Acute Stress and its impact on the Body, Brain and Behavior
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Potential complications; Trauma(PTSD), Secondary Trauma, Burnout &
Compassion Fatigue.
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Theory & Exercise of stabilisation for the acute phase
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Traffic Accidents - Background Information and Research
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Recognizing different responses to acute stress
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Risks and opportunities in behavioural responses we encounter
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Incident mapping - Working from Chaos towards Organization
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Crisis communication and the risks and opportunities in traditional media and
social media.
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Theory & Exercise of stabilisation for the acute phase
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Coping and Unhealthy coping with a special focus on alcohol
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Personal Implementation
3.30pm: Wrap up, questions and closing.
Day 03
March 11th Workshop
9.30am: Media, Press briefing and Social Media
guidance during and aftertraumatic incidents.
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Risks and Opportunities; setting up a safe group briefing & support for
colleagues after an incident.
12.45pm: Wrap up, questions and closing.
