Critical event debriefing (CED) or ‘hot debriefings’ (HoDs) can be described as a trigger-based, immediate postevent, interprofessional, expertly facilitated conversation where clinicians recount, reflect on, and improve personally team.1 The process experience of who cared for the patient is more complex involves thoughts emotions that go beyond ‘case’ ‘resuscitation’ itself.2 American Heart A...

People who experience serious traumatic events may become distressed and are at risk of developing psychological illness. Because of the perceived need to ease the distress and to prevent chronicity, various forms of psychological therapy have been deployed. One such therapy is psychological debriefing. Some claim that it is helpful, others claim it may not do any good but at least it does no h...

This paper examines the perceived effectiveness of stress debriefing by a sample of 129 Australian hospital nurses and the relationship of their perceptions to demographic variables such as qualifications and work area. The survey generally showed debriefing as helpful, but lack of helpfulness was also recognised because of time taken from personal lives and adverse group processes. Factor anal...

Objetivo: Sintetizar os conteúdos necessários para planejar e executar o Structured and Supported Debriefing no processo de ensino aprendizagem da ressuscitação cardiopulmonar em ambiente simulado. Métodos: Revisão integrativa literatura, realizada maio 2021, nas fontes National Library of Medicine, Literatura Latino-Americana do Caribe Ciências Saúde, Scopus, Cumulative Index to Nursing Allied...

METHODS: Eligibility included all OBGYN residents at a single academic hospital. Participants completed surveys immediately prior to and following a 2-hour teaching module on critical incidents in medicine. Using a Likert scale, participants responded to statements that evaluated their perceptions of CI debriefing, familiarity with identifying CI, and comfort with postincident debriefing. Respo...

following a personal, community or national crisis or disaster there is a need to provide some form of early intervention and crisis support. the essential components of successful early interventions include planning, education, training and support for those affected. the goal of all early interventions should be to maximize the likelihood of a positive mental health outcome using the person’...

OBJECTIVES Debriefing is a form of psychological "first aid" with origins in the military. It moved into the spotlight in 1983, when Mitchell described the technique of critical incident stress debriefing. To date little work has been carried out relating to the effectiveness of debriefing hospital staff after critical incidents. The aim of this study was to survey current UK practice in order ...