Critical incident stress debriefing: keeping your flight crew healthy.
Most flight team members have experienced some type of a stress reaction in their flight career, but few have been debriefed appropriately. Debriefings are necessary to keep flight personnel mentally healthy. Fatal crashes have always drawn attention, and some teams have been debriefed afterward. Proper debriefing and formal mental health evaluation may be the answer.
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Saint Francis Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA.
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