Lt Colonel Dave Grossman
What is a "Critical Incident"?
A critical incident can be any event outside the range of normal human experience. Typically, they are specific, often unexpected, often potentially life threatening or injurious time-limited events.
Individuals may experience these events directly as victims or witnesses or through the professional relationship with other victims for which the worker is responsible.
The possible range of negative effects of exposure to a critical incident are extensive and may include human suffering, death, disability, impaired cognitive functioning and if left untreated - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
It is important to recognize that we all have different coping mechanisms and we all respond to situations in different ways. For example an event that one worker might find extremely stressful may not have the same affect on another worker. Similarly, it is critical to understand that the exposure to a critical incident does not necessarily result in a stress response in the person observing or involved in the incident.
Raptor Protection and Safety Services Inc. has at your disposal trained CISM personnel with over 50 years of law enforcement and extensive Search and Rescue experience.
The CISM program focuses primarily on the knowledge and identification of critical incident stress responses and appropriate aftercare techniques.
Raptor's trainers also offer CISM response to your location to facilitate debriefings and defusing following critical incidents in your workplace
