CERT unit 5

Question 1

What is vicarious trauma?

Answer 1

A person who identifies too strongly with an survivor may take on that survivors feelings

Question 2

Name the 5 F’s

Answer 2

Fight
Flight
Freeze
Fright
Faint

Question 3

What are the 3 categories of possible psychological symptoms?

Answer 3

Emotional
Cognitive
Spiritual

Question 4

Name all the disaster psychology phases?

Answer 4

*Pre-disaster phase: Communities may or may not have been warned, they could feel vulnerable. They could also guilty if they ignored the warnings.
*Impact phase: Disaster causes confusion, disbelief, they focus on survival of themself and family, they may experience anxiety until reunited with family if they were seperated
*Heroic phase: SAVING LIFES RAHHHHHHH
*Honeymoon phase: They feel good that they have survived and now the government is “helping” them, who-hoo we did it!
*Disillusionment phase: Disappointment in a slower than expected recovery phase
*Reconstruction phase: You must rebuild your own life yourself

Question 5

Provide support to survivors by

Answer 5

*Listening
*Empathizing
*Connecting

Question 6

What is PFA

Answer 6

Pyschological First Aid is a proven approach to support the survivors psychological well-being

Question 7

What does PFA recommend you do?

Answer 7

*Listen
*Protect
*Connect