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Value of psychological counseling for trainees exposed to the death of a patient in emergency and resuscitation departments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2022

I. Betbout*
Affiliation:
fattouma bourguiba hospital, Psychiatry, Psychiatry Research Laboratory Lr05es10 “vulnerability To Psychoses” Faculty Of Medicine Of Monastir, University Of Monastir, monastir, Tunisia
B. Amemou
Affiliation:
fattouma bourguiba hospital, Psychiatry, Psychiatry Research Laboratory Lr05es10 “vulnerability To Psychoses” Faculty Of Medicine Of Monastir, University Of Monastir, monastir, Tunisia
A. Ben Haouala
Affiliation:
fattouma bourguiba hospital, Psychiatry, Psychiatry Research Laboratory Lr05es10 “vulnerability To Psychoses” Faculty Of Medicine Of Monastir, University Of Monastir, monastir, Tunisia
Y. Ben Arbia
Affiliation:
High school of sciences and techniques of the health of Sousse, Psychiatry, sousse, Tunisia
I. Khadhrawi
Affiliation:
High school of sciences and techniques of the health of Sousse, Psychiatry, sousse, Tunisia
F. Zaafrane
Affiliation:
fattouma bourguiba hospital, Psychiatry, Psychiatry Research Laboratory Lr05es10 “vulnerability To Psychoses” Faculty Of Medicine Of Monastir, University Of Monastir, monastir, Tunisia
A. Mhalla
Affiliation:
fattouma bourguiba hospital, Psychiatry, Psychiatry Research Laboratory Lr05es10 “vulnerability To Psychoses” Faculty Of Medicine Of Monastir, University Of Monastir, monastir, Tunisia
L. Gaha
Affiliation:
fattouma bourguiba hospital, Psychiatry, Psychiatry Research Laboratory Lr05es10 “vulnerability To Psychoses” Faculty Of Medicine Of Monastir, University Of Monastir, monastir, Tunisia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

Trainee emergency and resuscitation technicians are not prepared during their academic training to deal with their psychological reactions to the death of a patient, we wanted to describe their feelings and understand the aggravating factors and highlight the need for intervention.

Objectives

Our study aims to describe the psychological reactions of traineesexposed to the death of a patient on the internship grounds and to demonstrate the usefulness of specific psychological counseling

Methods

It is a prospective interventional study carried out with 2nd and 3rd-year students of the emergency and resuscitation section, our collection was done using a self-administered questionnaire with a validated PDI scale before the training, and a satisfaction questionnaire with the same scale after the training.

Results

Our population isyoung, with an averageage of 20.05 years, and ispredominantlyfemale, with a sex ratio of 0.12. Eighty-seven percent of the population statedthatthey were not prepared to deal with their feelings about the death of a patient, and thiseventharmed the quality of care for 68% of the students. According to the scores of the PDI scale in pre-training 77.33% of the students are at risk of developing PTSD, this percentage decreases to 30.67% according to the same scale in post-training.

Conclusions

it is important to take into consideration the suffering of traineesexposed to traumaticevents such as the death of patients and to prepare them psychologically to deal with these situations

Disclosure

No significant relationships.

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© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the European Psychiatric Association
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