ICISF
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, Inc.
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What Happens After the Call Matters – CISM, Peer Support, and Lessons Learned from Critical Incidents
A Chaplain and Mental Health Perspective By Chaplain John M. Hosea Hood County, TX Sheriff’s Office Lead Chaplain In first responder culture, much attention is given to tactical response, scene management, officer safety, radio discipline, rescue operations, and incident…
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Serving Citizen 1st Responders
By: John Coulter, Co-Peer Team Leader – American Red Cross Central Iowa CISM Team The Evolution of Response I have served with the American Red Cross Central Iowa CISM Team since 1999, stepping into a leadership role as Co-Peer Team Leader in 2003. Over the last decade, our team…
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More Than Response: Lessons Learned About Peer Support Through CISM
By: Kimberly Davidson, RCS, MTC, RTC, SEP, CCISM, CFRC, CCTP, NARM Since I first trained in CISM in 1991, much has changed in the world. Yet many core realities have remained the same. Human beings still carry difficult experiences. Service still asks many of those who answer…
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Leadership in Crisis Intervention Teams – A Brief Concept
By: Joerg Leonhardt Crisis intervention teams provide psychosocial acute support in situations of extreme stress, emotional crisis, and increased vulnerability of affected individuals. These interventions often occur under significant time pressure, with incomplete information,…
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From Incident to Integration: Expanding the CISM Framework Through Trauma-Informed Care and Post-Traumatic Growth
J. Mark McDonald │ BCCi │ MTS │ CISM │ PFA │ LSSGB │ Nationally Board Certified Chaplain, Arkansas Children’s Hospital │ Member, International Critical Incident Stress Foundation Those of us trained within the framework of Critical Incident Stress Management share a common…
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CISM: What A Joke or Is It?
By: Al Duncan CISM, what a joke! I began my journey in Emergency Services out of boredom. I never expected it to take me on this path that shaped me every step of the way. At 15 my family moved from a bustling California Bay Area community to a small town of less than 1,000 […]
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CISM Across the Continuum of Care: Supporting Veterans, Older Adults, and Behavioral Health Teams
By Michael Goldsmith, LMSW, CCTSI Crisis rarely announces itself in an orderly way. It interrupts routine, unsettles a person’s sense of safety, and leaves individuals and teams trying to regain their footing while still moving forward. I have seen this in veterans carrying…
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Breaking Protocol: The Spiritual Dimension of a Personal Tragedy
By Chaplain Claudio Consuegra, D.Min., Federal Bureau of Investigation, Missouri State Highway Patrol Since my initial Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) training in 1999, I have participated in countless debriefings across the United States. My journey has taken me from…
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The Journey
BY: Rick Barton, ICISF CEO Don’t look now, because you may see the end coming up from behind. Chiefs, directors, commissioners, superintendents (whatever leaders are titled) face this every day, wondering who or what may sneak up behind them. A fact of life, because expectations…
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A Different Kind of Care for Loss
By: Phil Cox In eighteen years as a hospital chaplain, I made good use of the principles of CISM for our own ER and ambulance personnel, as well as local first responders for difficult incidents in the field. I sought out training for that very purpose, realizing I was not…