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Trauma-Informed First Responder Training by Melinda Gronen

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Description

You’re an integral part of your community; always first to run toward dangerous and unpredictable situations where traumatized citizens are likely part of the equation.

But first responders and law enforcement have often been left out of the trauma conversation. Without proper training on handling trauma in the field safety risks, misunderstandings, and missed opportunities can keep you from doing your job and increase the potential for liability.

This webcast will provide you the skills, tools and techniques you need to identify psychological trauma, properly engage citizens with mental health issues, manage their challenging behaviors, and de-escalate emergency situations more effectively than ever before. And our experienced trainers will provide you with the tools you need to overcome your own struggles when the tragedies you see start to take their toll.

Real-world case examples from two decades of experience responding to critical incidents will show you how you can:

Better protect both public and personal safety
Apply crisis communication strategies during critical moments
Deescalate and engage citizen cooperation
Spend less time managing aggressive, reactive, or avoidant behaviors

Can’t Miss Topics!

Better protect public and personal safety
Quickly deescalate situations and engage cooperation
Crisis communication techniques for people in survival mindset
Build your resilience and stay on the job

Psychological Trauma Overview

Definition of stress and trauma
Types of trauma people experience
Impacts on physical and mental health (Adverse Childhood Experiences Study)
Limits of current research and first responder response

Red Flags for First Responders: How to Identify People Who’ve Experienced Trauma

Neurobiological survival responses – Fight/Flight/Freeze/Fawn
When the survival “alarm” is broken
Psychological stages of trauma
Challenging behaviors and trauma

The Trauma-Informed Toolbox: Increase Safety, Communication and Cooperation

Understand cognitive capacity in crisis
Create a situational alliance
Utilize crisis communication strategies
Promote a sense of safety and avoiding escalation of the crisis
Develop community connections and responses pre and post crisis response

The Self Care Go-Bag: Effective Ways to Help Yourself and Help Your Peers

Know the signs that someone is in crisis
Assessing your “baggage” in the field
Understand your triggers
Know your strengths and challenges
Where to go for help

Case Studies

Sammie – 14-year old female with a long history of abuse and challenging behaviors
Ms. Hawkins – 28-year old mother of an 8-year old female; requesting intervention

More information about Medical:

Medicine is the science and practice of establishing the diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of disease.
Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.
Contemporary medicine applies biomedical sciences, biomedical research, genetics, and medical technology to diagnose, treat, and prevent injury and disease,
typically through pharmaceuticals or surgery, but also through therapies as diverse as psychotherapy, external splints and traction, medical devices, biologics, and ionizing radiation, amongst others.

Medicine has been around for thousands of years, during most of which it was an art (an area of skill and knowledge) frequently having connections to the religious and
philosophical beliefs of local culture. For example, a medicine man would apply herbs and say prayers for healing, or an ancient philosopher and physician would apply bloodletting according to the theories of humorism.
In recent centuries, since the advent of modern science, most medicine has become a combination of art and science (both basic and applied, under the umbrella of medical science).
While stitching technique for sutures is an art learned through practice, the knowledge of what happens at the cellular and molecular level in the tissues being stitched arises through science.

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