3512 Stress Management Awareness Response Team (ems Operations)

Question 1

What policy number is Stress Management Awareness Response Team?

Answer 1

3512 ems operations

Question 2

Who is responsible for Scheduling the quarterly SMARTeam meetings?

Answer 2

The SMARTeam Coordinator

Question 3

Define

Debriefing.

Answer 3

A meeting to mitigate the residual adverse impact of a critical incident.

Question 4

Define

Defusing.

Answer 4

A discussion to reduce acute stress and tension levels following a critical incident.

Question 5

Define

SMARTeam Member

Answer 5

TFD personnel who have attended 16 hours of basic CISM training and remain up-to-date with current CISM standards and practice.

Question 6

Define

SMARTeam Peer

Answer 6

A SMARTeam member who is activated by TFD Fire Communications, a Battalion Chief or another SMARTeam Peer for a specific
critical incident.

Question 7

Who chooses the smart team coordinator?

Answer 7

The SMARTeam Coordinator shall be chosen by the Assistant Chief of EMS from among the SMARTeam membership.

Question 8

All SMARTeam members shall?

Answer 8

a. Participate in continuing education and training

b. Attend at least two quarterly SMARTeam meetings each year

Question 9

SMARTeam members shall decline to participate as SMARTeam Peers
whenever?

Answer 9

a. S/he is a responder in the critical incident; or
b. His/her objectivity is otherwise compromised to a significant degree by the circumstances of the critical incident and/or his/her personal life?

Question 10

Interventions may include any or all of the following

Answer 10

a. One-on-one intervention
b. Defusing
c. Debriefing

Question 11

Attendance at a defusing or debriefing shall be limited strictly to the
following:

Answer 11

a. TFD, CPFR (Central Pierce Fire and Rescue), TPD (Tacoma Police Department) or private ambulance personnel directly involved in
the incident, including Fire Communications and Inspection personnel
b. SMARTeam Peers
c. A mental health professional for a debriefing

Question 12

A defusing shall take place as soon as possible after the conclusion of a
critical incident, but no later than?

Answer 12

the end of the shift.

Question 13

A debriefing shall be held as soon as possible after a critical incident, but
no earlier than?

Answer 13

the next shift.

Question 14

A debriefing shall be led by?

Answer 14

two or more SMARTeam peers with a mental

health professional present.

Question 15

Who is responsible for:

1. Overseeing the SMARTeam program
2. Selecting the SMARTeam Coordinator
3. Approving SMARTeam member selection
4. Maintaining this document

Answer 15

The Assistant Chief of Emergency Medical Services (EMS)