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Prioritizing Care During the Acute Phase: The Prominent Role of Basic Psychosocial Life Support

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Magda Rooze ,
Josee Netten ,
Ariëlle de Ruyter ,
Maaike de Vries ,
Ira Helsloot ,
Erik de Soir ,
Philip Selwood ,
Henk Schenk ,
Paul Hustinx  and
Henrik Olinder
Magda Rooze*
Affiliation:
Impact, Dutch Knowledge and Advice Centre for Post Disaster Psychosocial Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Josee Netten
Affiliation:
Impact, Dutch Knowledge and Advice Centre for Post Disaster Psychosocial Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ariëlle de Ruyter
Affiliation:
Impact, Dutch Knowledge and Advice Centre for Post Disaster Psychosocial Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Maaike de Vries
Affiliation:
Impact, Dutch Knowledge and Advice Centre for Post Disaster Psychosocial Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Dutch Institute for Safety (NIFV), Arnhem, The Netherlands
Ira Helsloot
Affiliation:
Free University Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Erik de Soir
Affiliation:
Royal Military Academy, Department of Behavioural Sciences, Brussels, Belgium
Philip Selwood
Affiliation:
London Ambulance Services NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
Henk Schenk
Affiliation:
Eemland Municipal Health Authority, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
Paul Hustinx
Affiliation:
Dutch Institute for Safety (NIFV), Arnhem, The Netherlands Atrium Medical Centre Parkstad, Heerlen, The Netherlands
Henrik Olinder
Affiliation:
Swedish Emergency Management Agency, Oslo, Sweden
*
Director Impact, Dutch Knowledge and Advice Centre for Post Disaster Psychosocial Care Meibergdreef 5, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The issue of basic psychosocial life support during and after disasters is important. People who are affected by disasters can experience severe distress and may need psychosocial support. However, there still are many questions about service design and effectiveness of psychosocial support.

During the process of the Targeted Agenda Program, “Prioritizing Care during the Acute Phase: The Prominent Role of Basic Psychosocial Life Support”, a team of experts reached consensus on some important issues concerning psychosocial first aid, civil participation, and risk communication.The experts come from many different backgrounds, which supports the notion that psychosocial care deserves special attention within disaster relief programs involving all disciplines and all responsibilities.

Keywords

caredisasterpsychosocial care after disastersresilience
Type
Tap Report
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 23 , Issue S2: Reports from the 15th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine, Amsterdam, the Netherlands 13–16 May 2007 , August 2008 , pp. s49 - s54
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 2008

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