King County CISM Program & All Volunteer CISM Team On-the-job stress is one of the most serious psychological hazard facing modern police, fire and emergency service personnel. Since 1988, King County EMS has coordinated the Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) program and the all volunteer CISM Team. The motto of the CISM Program is: Helping the Helper Help.
Agency Training Program This lesson will teach a better understanding of how the intangible “stress” affects a person, how resilience and psychological first aid techniques can help.
Peer Support Program (PDF) This Peer Support Team Program was developed to aid your organization in establishing a group of trained employees who can assist their fellow co-worker through rough times and crisis.
PowerPoint training materials The slide presentations below are in Microsoft PowerPoint which must be installed on your computer. If you don't have PowerPoint, install the free PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft.
Agency training (8 Mb) Information on elements of stress in the EMS profession, how a balanced lifestyle reduces stress, how critical incident stress develops, signs and symptoms, CISM resources and services.
CISM Education & Collaboration: Defining Resilience (743 Kb) Focusing on the value of stress management education and prevention, further defining the role of CISM/Peer Support and available resources afforded them.
Incident Management System (2 Mb) Overview of the Emergency Services' Incident Management System, King County's MCI Plan, and industry security role in an event.
Managing a CISM Team and Program (568 Kb) Discussion on the make-up of a CISM program, administration and funding, recruitment and quality of the team, team building and incentives, pre-incident training and networking.
Overview of Stress Management (453 Kb) What is stress? Learn about who has stress, the difference between good and bad stress, how stress can make you sick, signs of stress, signs of anxiety, and more.
