PALERMO (ITALPRESS) – psychologically support the operators of the 118 Sicilian, especially after emergency interventions on particularly critical scenarios and when they suffer aggression. It is the objective of the Convention signed at the Regional Health Department by Riccardo Castro (President of the Seus) and Valentina Botta (founder of the Psychologists Association for Peoples Sicily OdV, on delegation of President Antonella Postorino). The free understanding was designed to prevent and reduce the risk of secondary traumatization, burnout and post-traumatic stress disorder. “The operators of the 118 operate at the forefront of emergency-efficiency and are daily exposed to emotional loads and remarkable stress levels, facing situations with high human and professional impact – says President Castro – Behind each uniform there are people, with their own sensitivity and balance. For this reason, we thought that it would be appropriate to protect their psychological well-being, an indispensable condition also to ensure increasingly effective relief. I thank the Psychological Association for the Peoples Sicily OdV to have adhered to this initiative that I strongly wanted”. “Whosoever needs, in turn, to be protected – says PXP president Sicilia OdV Antonella Postorino – The operators of 118 face scenarios with a high emotional impact, where the boundary between professional duty and human load is extremely subtle. Taking care of the mental health of those who save lives is not only an act of closeness to them, but also a fundamental investment for the quality and seal of the entire Sicilian emergency-emergency system”. Accession to the initiative by operators of 118 will be voluntary. In the context of the Convention, psychological support is provided for potentially traumatic events, such as deaths of minors, accidents with many victims and aggressions suffered during the service. In addition, PXP Sicilia OdV teams will be useful in the case of maxi-emergencies- such as natural disasters- and will provide training actions aimed at psycho-education and deepening of related work stress management techniques.
– photo press office Seus –(ITALPRESS).
