title: "You didn't tell us what to do": trauma2and critical incident responses in remote Indigenous settings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this paper is to outline engagement and practice principles for psychiatrists contributing to responses to critical incidents, based on three decades of experience in remote Indigenous Australia.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Psychiatrists have important roles in these settings and situations, which should be considered in advance and informed by cultivated relationships.
authors.affiliation: Adjunct Professor, The Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, and; Adjunct Professor, School of Population Health, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
authors.forename: Ernest
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hunter
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D065246:Culturally Competent Care; D004190:Disasters; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D000067073:Psychological Trauma / Q000628:therapy*
keywords: Indigenous; aboriginal; critical incident; disaster; trauma