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The after-action review is a simple tool to provide immediate feedback to public health teams as they implement their overdose monitoring and response plan. The goal is to create a respectful environment where people can examine actions, admit mistakes, and improve future performance. The focus must remain on the action (improving performance), not the person. Depending on the incident, it may be beneficial to utilize a moderator who was not part of the response. He or she may be able to ask difficult questions without offending the participants.<\/div>\n
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Here is an example: The after-action review: An effective assessment tool for police (police1.com)<\/a><\/div>\n
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There is always a possibility of an event or incident initiating trauma for some or all of the response team.\u202f A Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) is a specific, small group, supportive crisis intervention process. The CISD process does not constitute any form of psychotherapy and should not be used as a replacement for psychotherapy. It is simply a supportive, crisis-focused discussion of a traumatic event (which is frequently called a \u201ccritical incident\u201d). While CISD was originally developed to support small, homogenous groups, it has broader applications to interdisciplinary response overdose response teams who have encountered a powerful, traumatic event.<\/span> It aims at reduction of distress and a restoration of group cohesion and unit performance.<\/p>\n

When possible, utilize professionals external to the organizations involved to facilitate all debriefing sessions to avoid staff feeling that they are being asked to attend an information gathering session. Also, it is important to promote honesty without staff fear of retaliation to gather recommendations. Ideally, these meetings would be held in person as it creates more safety and a sense of comradery. Group size should be no more than fifteen and there should be at least an hour of allotted time for each group. For those working at home, or who would feel uncomfortable at an in-person meeting, a virtual session should be offered separate to the in-person meetings.\u00a0A sample critical incident stress debriefing summary is provided below:<\/p>\n

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SAMPLE CISD<\/p>\n

The following is an example template of questions that can be included in your critical incident stress debriefing (CISD). During the CISD process, allow time for questions to be asked, provide a supportive and neutral atmosphere, and provide wellness resources verbally and hard copies to all that attend. Make sure to include local resources for mental and behavioral health, a suicide hotline, crisis helpline, or other related resources.<\/p>\n

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Name of Event: __________________\u2003\u2003\u2003 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u2003Date of Event:____________<\/p>\n

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Date of Debriefing:_______________<\/p>\n

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Names of Debriefing Staff\/Volunteers:__________________________________<\/p>\n

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Sample Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n

Standard Wellness Questions:<\/p>\n