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Have you seen stuff at work that has affected you deeply? Do you sometimes wonder if keeping calm and carrying on as usual is possibly not the best thing to do?
Working on the frontline comes at the expense of many things, physically, mentally, and emotionally. However, this should not be the case. We need to take time and be kind to ourselves in these situations before we could go out and do our jobs.
Dr Caroline Walker joins us again in this episode to discuss how trauma affects healthcare professionals working on the frontline. We talk about some steps we can take to help ourselves and each other process traumatic situations in healthy ways.
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Reasons to listen
- Find out what things cause a trauma response in us.
- Learn the difference between a normal acute trauma stress response and PTSD.
- Discover the three things you should do immediately following any traumatic event.
Episode highlights
The Inherent Trauma in the Field of Healthcare
Trauma in the Professional vs Personal Life
Normal Trauma Response
Coping with Repeated Trauma
Recognising Trauma
Trauma Processing
Normal Stress Response vs Acute Stress Reaction vs PTSD
How Trauma Is Treated
Other Reactions from Traumatic Events
Tips on Dealing with Traumatic Situations at the Time and After
The Role of Team Debriefing
Connecting with Your Normal Support Network
How to Give Yourself Permission to Thrive
Caroline’s Top Three Tips for Coping with Trauma
Episode transcript
Caroline Walker: I think the nature of the work we do is inherently quite traumatic, isn’t it? We’re faced day in, day out with life and death and an awful heavy emotional content. One of the hardest burdens we can bear is an untold story. I think that is the case for many, many, many doctors — that we have gone through circumstances, traumatic situations ourselves, as individuals, and we’ve held those inside ourselves, and not necessarily had chance to share what that was like and experience the healing that that can bring. Rachel Morris: Have you seen stuff at…
