Step 1 – Mobilize to be on site within 24 hours

It is usually possible for Post Trauma Resources to be on site within twenty-four hours after a traumatic event. While traveling, the staff maintains contact with you to begin the planning and crisis intervention process.

If necessary, we will find local mental health providers to support you until we arrive.

You will have support from the time you call Post Trauma Resources.

Step 2 – Evaluate impact

Upon arrival on site, the staff of Post Trauma Resources works with your management team to understand all aspects of the disaster and needed response.

Plans are made for the immediate, short and long-term response needed to bring your organization back to functioning.

Such planning includes the physical, and practical needs of employees, families and the surrounding community as well as managing the psychological impact.

We have extensive experience working with local emergency and social service agencies and will help you use their assistance in the most effective manner possible.

Once the plan is created, immediate implementation begins.

Step 3 – Coordinate intervention

Post Trauma Resources will work with your management team to coordinate and staff the immediate response.

You make the decisions about your priorities and we help you insure that they occur in the most effective manner.

We help you implement your plan to insure employee, community support and speed the recovery process.

Step 4 – Implement crisis care

We help you implement the interventions that most fit your particular situation. Our staff works with your personnel and local providers, if necessary, to insure that all services are provided in professional and timely manner.

A wide variety of services and interventions can be utilized such as:

     – Crisis counseling
     – Group meetings such as debriefings
     – Community meetings and outreach
     – Humanitarian assistance
     – Memorial assistance

Step 5 – Plan immediate follow-up

We don’t stop our support after the initial trauma response interventions are complete. We will help you locate mental health and other resources needed for the long-term recovery of your organization. It is also important to evaluate the services that have been provided and to explore other needed resources.

It is often very difficult to know how to restart the work of a business or organization after a traumatic incident. Our staff has helped hundreds of organizations recover and we will assist you and your employees in a smooth transition, one that is sensitive to the needs of the employees and organization.

We maintain contact with you even after we have left. In fact we are available to help plan appropriate memorials and scholarships that provide significant support for all those impacted by the disaster.

Step 6 – Provide ongoing support

We maintain contact with you even after we have left the site of the disaster. We are available to help plan appropriate memorials and scholarships that provide significant support for all those impacted by the disaster.

You may contact us at any time to ask questions or just to get support during the recovery period.

For more information, contact Post Trauma Resources at 800-459-6780.