https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2020.8683

Italian train derailment and the civil protection emergency psychologist intervention: A case report

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2020)
Submitted: 16 November 2019
Accepted: 13 February 2020
Published: 22 April 2020
Emergency psychology, maxi-emergency, rescue system, psychological technical procedures, psychological support
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Authors

Riccardo Biella
biella.riccardo@gmail.com
Psychosocial Emergency Team (SPE), Spazio Vita Niguarda, European Institute of Psychotraumatolgy and Stress Management (IEP), Italy.
Liliana Artale
Psychosocial Emergency Team (SPE), Psychologist Psychotherapist, Psychotraumatologist, Italy.

In the last years the mind-body unity, and so giving both physical and psychological attention, is entering increasingly in the first-responder system. This paper reports the intervention done by the Psychosocial Emergency Team, the Civil Protection Emergency Psychologists, during the multi-forces’ intervention on the Limito di Pioltello train crash, a major accident occurred in Italy in 2018. The attempt is to give a photography of the psychological part of the rescue system in this scenario, showing phases, methods, and some rationales subtended in our actions. The aim is to share procedures and open a constructive dialogue that could bring to more standardized interventions among non-governmental emergency psychologist teams with the aim to always provide better care both to victims and their families.

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Biella, R., & Artale, L. (2020). Italian train derailment and the civil protection emergency psychologist intervention: A case report. Emergency Care Journal, 16(1). https://doi.org/10.4081/ecj.2020.8683

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