After the fire-ball.
A hypothetical aircraft accident scenario is described in which the pilot survives but some of the passengers are fatally injured. Information is provided on the acute situational anxiety that may occur in aircrew after any aviation accident, especially one in which lives are lost. A course of action is discussed which encourages early recognition and treatment of the potentially debilitating phenomenon termed "post-accident anxiety syndrome".
D000060:Accidents, Aviation; D000337:Aerospace Medicine; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002170:Canada; D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans