Stress First Aid Training - 9/20/2024
Stress First Aid is a peer support training designed to provide participants with a tool kit on how to perform a timely safety assessment and response when they suspect a co-worker or peer needs support. SFA trains peers to recognize and communicate about suspected psychological injuries with individuals with the goals of preserving lives, preventing further harm, and promoting recovery. Using the Stress First Aid framework and model, you can learn how to identify stress reactions in yourself and others, reduce the risk for stress injury, and promote coping and resilience among individuals and groups in social, occupational, and academic settings. The overarching aim of Stress First Aid (SFA) is to identify and mitigate the negative impacts of stress before they impair health and well-being. SFA was initially developed under the auspices of the US military for implementation by the United States Navy and Marine Corps. It has since been successfully adapted for use by health care professionals and first responders across the country. The SFA model is based on five evidence-informed factors that help people recover from stress and adversity. These include the need for safety, calm, connection, sense of competence or self-efficacy, and hope.
Target Audience
- Fellows
- Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- Physicians
- Physician Assistants
Learning Objectives
- Discuss how peer support informs Stress First Aid application
- Use the stress continuum to operationalize Stress First Aid assessment and intervention
- Interrelate the stress continuum and the 4 sources of orange zone to the Stress First Aid model
- Recognize science and theoretical frameworks to conceptualize stress, stress appraisal, and stress injury
- Discuss the application of resilience science in relation to occupational stress
- Identify caregiver self-assessment and signs of caregiver burnout
- Evaluate and practice various methods of cultivating well-being, mental health promotion and mental illness prevention methods used to improve occupational stress among individuals and groups
- Outline the fundamentals of continuous aid within the Stress First Aid Peer Support model
- Outline the fundamentals of primary aid within the Stress First Aid Peer Support model
- Outline the fundamentals of secondary aid within the Stress First Aid Peer Support model
- Apply stress first aid peer support strategies through case study application
Available Credit
- 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™
- 4.00 ANCC
- 4.00 Attendance
- 0.40 IACET CEU
- 4.00 JA Credit - AH