>> I'm SO glad that the station has good EFA after I read through the Officer Pink poems still left to post.<<
In T-America, every police station and fire station has someone well trained in EFA. Smaller stations usually have a couple of folks cross-trained; larger ones more often have a dedicated employee just for that. As much as possible, they put an EFAide on the scene of disasters to help folks who are emotionally injured. An ambulance usually goes out with an EFAide on board, though depending on the size of the crew, that may be cross-trained. Preferably, the EFAide is someone who can stay with the family or friends while the ambulance takes the victim to the hospital if necessary.
It also varies whether they have one person serving the crew and another the citizens, or just one for both. That also tends to rely on department size. Work is responsible for attending the mental needs of employees in high-stress jobs, so they have to have counselings and psychological assessment readily available. Sometimes that's in-house, other times they have one office shared among several facilities or a dedicated person at a mental office.
Beyond that, T-America is much more aware of EFA as a thing, which mean more people have taken some training in it. Like physical first aid, employees usually know who the go-to people are. That means folks who need a shoulder to cry on will come to Ansel or Justin, etc. and not bother poor Bert (unless it's a problem white people are not well equipped to solve).
>> Poor person who Ansel walked home -they need a name, Justin, Celia, Turq and Ansel :(
Yeah. It's a rough ride in places. Hell, it's a rough ride in what I've already written.
You can certainly prompt for the naming; I'll need one for that next poem anyway.
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In T-America, every police station and fire station has someone well trained in EFA. Smaller stations usually have a couple of folks cross-trained; larger ones more often have a dedicated employee just for that. As much as possible, they put an EFAide on the scene of disasters to help folks who are emotionally injured. An ambulance usually goes out with an EFAide on board, though depending on the size of the crew, that may be cross-trained. Preferably, the EFAide is someone who can stay with the family or friends while the ambulance takes the victim to the hospital if necessary.
It also varies whether they have one person serving the crew and another the citizens, or just one for both. That also tends to rely on department size. Work is responsible for attending the mental needs of employees in high-stress jobs, so they have to have counselings and psychological assessment readily available. Sometimes that's in-house, other times they have one office shared among several facilities or a dedicated person at a mental office.
Beyond that, T-America is much more aware of EFA as a thing, which mean more people have taken some training in it. Like physical first aid, employees usually know who the go-to people are. That means folks who need a shoulder to cry on will come to Ansel or Justin, etc. and not bother poor Bert (unless it's a problem white people are not well equipped to solve).
>> Poor person who Ansel walked home -they need a name, Justin, Celia, Turq and Ansel :(
Yeah. It's a rough ride in places. Hell, it's a rough ride in what I've already written.
You can certainly prompt for the naming; I'll need one for that next poem anyway.