When should I use Stress First Aid Tool?
- Self-care
- Team huddles
- One-to-one meetings
- Staff meetings
- Team distress
- After challenging events
How should I use the Stress First Aid tool?
- Review card and determine your color
- After identifying your color, review “what to do” and utilize resources.
About Stress First Aid
- Stress First Aid is an evidence-informed self-care and peer support model.
- It was developed by the military and adapted for other high-risk occupations. It is based on factors that promote recovery from adversity and stress.
- Healthcare is a high-risk profession for stress injury due to high exposure to: trauma, loss, inner conflict and fatigue.
- Our goal is to use it as an intuitive, common language for how to know who is really “okay” and who needs more support and recovery from the immediate and residual stress responses from their work and to foster a culture of true well-being and collective care.
- Additional information: Here is a link to the website.