Assistant aftermath

Our department has always been a leader in community initiatives, providing new services to the community as they are needed. Our newest service is the Fire Assistance and Support Team (FAST). In the past, we would arrive on the scene of a residential fire, put out the fire as quickly as possible, and then leave. The homeowners would be left on their own to deal with the aftermath. With our new program, the families affected are not left alone to deal with everything that needs to be done. The FAST will stay with the victims and assist them in a variety of ways. The services provided by FAST personnel include ... 

Formulate strategies that helpers can use to assist children and their families in fhe immediate aftermath of a disaster. 

What techniques can medical professionals use to provide psychological assistance to adults in the immediate aftermath of a disaster ... 

In the aftermath of a disaster, the evidence of death, injury, and devastation can overwhelm both victims and responders. The evidence of destruction and the inevitable life changes that the disaster has caused become rapidly apparent. The disaster continuum plays out—leaving its victims and responders in its wake. Yet the disaster response is not over—in fact, the final recovery and evaluative phases of the disaster continuum are just beginning. And in all probability, the role of the nurse is never more important than during recovery. Nursing, with roots firmly planted in health promotion and wellness and the provision of holistic health care, now needs to address holistic disaster recovery with the goals being to assist individuals and communities to recover and create a more sustainable future. 

At the acute stage of the aftermath of a biological or chemical terrorist attack, acute autonomic arousal and panic may result in both the victims and the emergency responders (Hazmat teams, police, fire, medical) incapacitating the assistance infrastructure. The severity of these anticipated... 

As a result, there are very few, if any, clinicians who are in a position to remain ignorant on this subject. Any one of us could be unwittingly caught up in the aftermath of a bomb, or called to assist following a gas release or questioned about possible symptoms of a biological attack. 

BERSOL. In the aftermath of World War I and the Russian Revolution, both Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) sought technical assistance on matters related to chemical weapons (CW). The Treaty of Versailles prohibited Germany from seeking such assistance, but the 1922 Treaty of Rapallo that ended the conflict between Germany and Russia had no such prohibition. Both countries exploited this situation. Bersol was one outgrowth of that assistance. 

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