Publication date: Oct 13, 2024
Workers in EDs are regularly exposed to potentially traumatic events. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been exponential interest in peer support programs (PSPs) in a range of settings. We describe a PSP implemented in 2017 at University Hospital Geelong (UHG) ED together with results of a survey. To describe the program such that others can replicate it in their settings in addition to feedback evaluation. Method involved a survey emailed to the ED doctors. Thirty responses from 96 emails with a range of feedback. ED Doctors place high value on the PSP.
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Australas | critical incident |
| Doctors | healthcare personnel |
| Emails | peer support |
| Pandemic | psychological first aid |
| Thirty | secondary traumatic stress |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | Emergency |
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 pandemic |
| disease | MESH | secondary traumatic stress |
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