For this week’s Forum, respond to the following: his week we wrap up our 8-week learning experience, discussing some of the most important interactions and information encountered during the course. To close out the course, please complete the following:
· Identify and describe three take-aways from the course that added to your understanding of the psychology of disaster.
· How do you believe you will make use of your new knowledge in future courses and in your present or future career?
· As you do in many courses, complete the following sentence to demonstrate the “most” important element of the psychology of disaster.
· If I could pick just one thing that the world would be well served to better understand about the psychology of disaster, it would be ________________. I chose this because ________________.
Reply to the following response with 200 words minimum. (please make response as if having a conversation, respond directly to some of the statements in below post. This is not providing an analysis of the original post. Respectfully address it and even ask clarifying or additional questions.)
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I had never heard of psychological first aid before and I thought that was a very good and useful tool. It was very in-depth and seems like it would help people quite a bit who had just survived a disaster. I did not know a lot about PTSD and I am glad that I learned about it. I did not understand how PTSD could affect people and I did not realize other beyond the military had a real issue with it. The media never talks about PTSD unless it has something to do with the military. This has kept me from ever thinking that were other people who could get it from work or a disaster. Secondary Traumatic Stress (STS) is something that I had never heard of as well. When I read the story about a police officer who one day just broke and all the things he had seen over his career came back with a vengeance that made him unable to live a normal life. I liked that there are ways to prevent STS, however, I am not sure a lot of agencies are doing any of them.
As a first responder myself, I think being aware of STS and keeping an eye on others will help me quite a bit. Making sure that others and I are not overworked and that we are all completing self-assessments throughout any disaster we may be part of will help to prevent STS. I know that no one I have ever met in the Coast Guard has any idea about any of this stuff. Hopefully I can bring awareness to it.
If I could pick just one thing that the world would be well served to better understand about the psychology of disaster, it would be that first responders need help too. I chose this because they seem to be forgotten and all the focus in on the victims of the disaster.
-Lyle
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