Traumatic Incident Stress for Deepwater Horizon Response Workers and Volunteers

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  Workers and volunteers may experience stress and fatigue when they respond to environmental disasters, both natural and human-caused. As a Deepwater Horizon responder, you are at risk of feeling uncomfortable levels of stress from what mental health professionals refer to as a traumatic incident. The term traumatic is used because of an unexpected and troubling change in the natural order of things, such as the untimely death or injury of oil-covered wildlife and the impact on fishing communities and the environment. This pamphlet describes the range of ordinary reactions to stress that you may experience during your work, or in the weeks or months that follow. It is important to monitor your health and well-being during this entire period, even months after your response work has ended. Following these recommendations will help you to manage your stress and fatigue during and after a response.
• Subjects:
  Accidents, Occupational Emergency Responders Hazardous Substances Occupational Exposure/adverse Effects Petroleum Pollution/adverse Effects Risk Assessment Safety Stress, Psychological Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic Volunteers
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Place as Subject:
  Gulf of Mexico ; Alabama ; Florida ; Louisiana ; Mississippi
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Pages in Document:
  5 numbered pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:na
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:a48d79d69bd47b3f620484f6b9f0fccd72031244e7d710ceb6778640be7e42dff50c9e67a8e0add1880dfa33e7b0139b13de5ff767e4f0d69dcab0d652554f6b
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/32235/cdc_32235_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 581.30 KB ]