Video PTSD and Veterans: A Conversation with Dr. Frank Ochberg documents an interview of Dr. Frank Ochberg‚ M.D. by broadcast journalist‚ Mike Walter. Dr. Ochberg is a leading psychiatrist in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with over 30 years of field experience. He is credited with editing the foremost text for the treatment of PTSD as well as participating in the team that created the medical definition for the diagnosis. Throughout the interview‚ Dr. Ochberg discussed many
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from responders in the field. EMS may need critical up to date information and procedures in order to structurally respond to the situation. Rapid and accurate triage (counting and sorting) of patients is a critical step in the response process. Paramedics perform initial triage by attaching colored triage tags to patients with color assignment based on respective priority. The medics call their EMS officers and report the patient count so EMS can
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Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence-based psychotherapy treatment developed by Francine Shapiro as a mean to ease PTSD symptoms associated with experienced trauma. Therapy consists of eight phases that address past‚ present‚ and future of the negative event. During treatment‚ a patient is required to summon the negative events while simultaneously focusing on external stimuli such as side to side eye movements‚ hand tapping or audio stimuli. Shapiro claims that in
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urban young adults and yet the rate of PTSD was higher in foster care youth‚ 18.8% compared to 8.8% of trauma exposed urban young adults (Salazar et. al. 2013 p. 550).” Traumatic experiences can cause adverse mental health condition with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) being one possible reaction‚ not all traumas can cause PTSD (American Psychiatric Association
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best friend” is living up to its name. Dogs build confidence in their military handlers through unconditional love.. Many people take medication to help them cope with their PTSD. “PTSD is a disorder that develops in some people who have experienced a shocking‚ scary‚ or dangerous event” (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder 2016). PTSD sufferers can overcome stress and depression with the aid of a pet. Instead of taking medication that has harmful effects on the body and brain‚ they should get a prescription
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at the local General Hospital‚ which has a major accident unit. A numbers of people have been involved in car crashes on the motorway. The Emergency & Accident department has dispatched the Major Accident Team to the scene of the accident. The paramedics’ main role is to bring the nurses and doctors to the accident scene and deliver patients to the A/E department. On the other hand‚ nurses and doctors would stabilise the patients. They will work to together as a team and deliver prompt and sufficient
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elapsed because when I opened my eyes‚ I found myself staring into the concerned eyes of a stranger. I also found myself lying on the concrete floor of the car park and about 5 metres away from the car. At the time‚ I did not know that he was a paramedic. I tried to sit up and noticed the maroon car at the top of the slope. Everything came rushing back to me. I asked the man if the driver was all right. I was overwhelmed by a sense of dread when he told me that the elderly driver was so shocked when
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Jennifer Vega Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and the Effects of the U.S. Wars The author of The Things They Carried‚ Tim O’Brien‚ incorporates various messages within his book. One of the most important messages within the text greatly deals with war and everything associated with it. As a veteran of the Vietnam War‚ O’Brien is exceedingly qualified to provide readers with an accurate depiction of what it feels like for a soldier to live in a constant state of war. The series of stories within
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Patricia Dietz‚ a wife of a Vietnam veteran‚ has suffered along with her husband the effects of post traumatic stress disorder. She has stated that‚ "It has changed everything; it has affected the rest of his and her life." Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is when a person‚ in this case a veteran from Vietnam‚ is haunted by his memories of war and death so badly that it affects not only the rest of his life‚ but others close to him as well. Any time there is a traumatic event‚ physical danger‚ or
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stress disorder (PTSD) is a severe anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to any event that results in psychological trauma. This event may involve the threat of death to oneself or to someone else‚ or to one’s own or someone else’s physical‚ sexual‚ or psychological integrity‚ overwhelming the individual’s ability to cope. As an effect of psychological trauma‚ PTSD is less frequent and more enduring than the more commonly seen acute stress response. Diagnostic symptoms for PTSD include re-experiencing
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