Community Consultation Following a Major Air Disaster

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Abstract:

United Airlines flight 232 crashed at Sioux City, Iowa on 19 July 1989. The primary rescue workers were the men and women from the 185th Air National Guard Group. Because of the massive death and destruction caused by the crash, a psychiatric consultation team was requested by the U. S. Air Force Surgeon General to assist the Air National Guard personnel. The consultation had four goals 1 provide consultation to the Air National Guard on the mental health of the community 2 provide direct psychiatric services on an acute basis and referral for follow-up care, if necessary 3 train mental health personnel as consultants following disasters and 4 develop and implement a research plan which would address the health consequences of the rescue work, both immediate and long-term. The consultation included community-oriented interventions directed toward reducing the effects of psychological stress on high risk groups. This paper describes the consultations and the one year follow-up.

Author(s):
Mccarroll, James E. ; Ursano, R. J. ; Fullerton, C. S. ; Wright, Katheen M.
Author Organization(s):
WALTER REED ARMY INST OF RESEARCH WASHINGTON DC
Pagination:
0006

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Approved For Public Release
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Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
WR-133-92
Monitor Series:
USAMRDC
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_7.2_Mitigate; JCA_7_Protection; JCA_7.2.1_Mitigate Lethal Effects; JCA_7.2.2_Mitigate Non-Lethal Effects; JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_1_Force Support; JCA_1.3_Human Capital Management; JCA_1.3.1_Personnel and Family Support; JCA_5.2_Understand; JCA_1.4.1_Force Health Protection; JCA_1.4_Force Support; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_6.4.1_Secure Information Exchange; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_1.2_Force Preparation; JCA_4.4.5_Mortuary Affairs; JCA_4.4_Logistics Services; JCA_6.4_Information Assurance
Communities of Interest:
Biomedical
Descriptor(s):
*DISASTERS, *MENTAL HEALTH, *TRAUMA, NATIONAL GUARD, REPRINTS, COMMUNITIES, RESCUES, AVAILABILITY, MILITARY MEDICINE, DEATH, SURGEONS, PSYCHIATRY, CRASHES, URBAN AREAS, IOWA, RESEARCH AIRCRAFT, INTERVENTION, WOMEN, PSYCHOLOGY, WORK, PERSONNEL, FLIGHT, DESTRUCTION, HEALTH, RISK, AIR FORCE
Field(s)/Group(s):
Psychology, Medicine and Medical Research, Safety Engineering
Keyword(s):
DISASTERS, TRAUMA, MILITARY PSYCHIATRY, CONSULTATION, CONSULTATION, UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT 232, SIOUX CITY, IOWA, POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, PSYCHIATRIC CONSULTATION TEAM
Report Date:
1992 Oct 01