Psychosocial and Emotional Support for the Patient and Loved Ones, Aftercare and Reintegration of Burn Survivors

II. Psychosocial and Emotional Support for Patients and Loved Ones in the Early Post Burn Hour

• Victim Triangle
  
  
• Uses for Anger
  Constructive and destructive uses for anger.
  
  
• Principles for Supporting Grief
  There are some basic principles to keep in mind when working with and supporting oneself or another in the grieving process.
  
  
• Support for Recovery: Phase of Recovery Columns
  
  
• Characteristics of a Healing Relationship
  Healing relationships focus on creating a space where balance and harmony exist so that the healing process will be supported.
  
  
• Calming Trauma and the Brain
  How understanding the brain can help.
  
  
• Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms
  
  
• Trauma Responses in Children & Adolescents
  Traumatic experiences have a profound effect on the developing child. These effects impact the child cognitively, emotionally, psychologically, and socially.
  

 III. Psychological and Emotional Impact of Burn Injury

• Psychological and Emotional Impact of a Burn Injury
  - Differentiating grief from a trauma response
  - Emotional, social, and spiritual recovery
  - Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Adults
  - Recognizing the Impact of Childhood Trauma in Children and Adolescents
  - Trauma Responses in Children and Adolescents
  - Choosing a Mental Health Professional
  
  
• Calming Trauma and the Brain
  How understanding the brain can help.
  
  
• Caregivers: Compassion Fatigue
  Compassion fatigue is a form of burnout that manifests itself as physical, emotional, and spiritual exhaustion.
  

IV. Support: Patients and Families

• ABLS Resources
  
  
• Glossary of Medical Terms
  
  
• Preparing Children to Visit in the Burn Unit
  
  
• Common Questions Children Ask About Burns
  
  
• Caregivers: Compassion Fatigue
  
  
• Preventing Compassion Fatigue
  Caring for Ourselves While Caring for Others.
  
  
• What Do You Need to Start Your Own Support Group?
  Creating Emotional Safety in a Support Group
  Facilitated and Peer Support Groups
  Guidelines for Support Groups
  Support Groups for Children and Teens
  
  
• Family and Child Resource Guide
  A list of resources to help you support children and families.
  
  
• The Journey Back Facts
  Resources to assist school reentry after burn injury
  
  
• How KIDS HEAR Hospital Words
  
  
• Trauma Responses in Children & Adolescents
  Traumatic experiences have a profound effect on the developing child. These effects impact the child cognitively, emotionally, psychologically, and socially.
  
  
• Helping the Traumatized Child to Reclaim Life
  
  
• Don’t Forget the Siblings
  
  

V. Vocational Resources

• Vocational Resources Overview
  While transition is part of everyone's life process, the burn survivor experiences multiple transition experiences that can result in
  different journeys of grief stages concurrently involving self-image, self- esteem, as well as the realities of loss of career identify and
  earning potential.
  
  
• Navigating the Workforce After a Burn Injury
  Presentation from World Burn Conference 209

VI. After Care Resources

• Phoenix Society Programs