Psychological Trauma in EMS Patients

NAEMT’s Psychological Trauma in EMS Patients (PTEP) course gives EMS practitioners the resources they need to help alleviate patients’ hidden wounds –intense fear, stress and pain –during a medical emergency.

Topics covered include:
• The invisible wounds of psychological trauma
• Reducing psychological traumatic stress
• Understanding the physiological stress response
• Applying the eSCAPeprinciple to patient care
• Patient simulations
• Recognizing psychological trauma within EMS