This event was held on February 7, 2007.

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This seminar provides an overview of the psychological impact that disasters have on communities and responders. The role of disaster trauma-response teams are outlined and strategies for collaboration among responding disciplines are discussed.

Learning Objectives

• Become familiar with the nature, content, and conduct in critical incident/trauma response fieldwork.
• Learn key strategies for successful collaboration between mental health professionals and medical providers in critical incident/trauma response teams.
• Learn about common ethical challenges associated with interpersonal boundaries and self care (e.g., compassion fatigue, supervisor supervisee relationships).

Accreditation

.1 CEU will be given; Designed to meet the requirements of the Minnesota Board of Nursing for 1.8 contact hours.

Featured Speaker

Tai Mendenhall, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and is director of behavioral medicine at St. John’s Family Medicine Residency. He is a licensed marriage and family therapist, and is credentialed through both the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF) and Green Cross Foundation as a trauma responder. Dr. Mendenhall served as part of a trauma-response team at Ground Zero in New York City after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, was deployed to Sri Lanka following the 2004 tsunami and worked with Minnesota Lifeline in Louisiana after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Locally, he works with emergency medicine personnel in the provision of critical incident management and stress debriefings for hospital providers and staff.

Sponsored By

Minnesota Emergency Readiness Education and Training (MERET), a program of the University of Minnesota School of Nursing and School of Public Health. Funded in part through a grant by the Health Resources and Services Administration.

The Academic Health Center Office of Emergency Response.

The University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Preparedness (UMNCPHP), a program of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health. Funded in part through a grant by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.