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Mental Health & First Responders Part I: On the Call

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1.  Trauma involves all the following except: Adverse event Ability to control the situation Causes some level of distress Threat to safety

2.  The level of distress is assessed by the ______________________ of symptoms. date, time, and year threat, control, and event intensity, duration, and frequency stress, power, and risk

3.  All of the following as seen as pros to using PTS instead of PTSD except: Health care coverage/benefits Decrease stigma Encourage people to seek help Common response to trauma

4.  Cumulative trauma is best defined as: Trauma from a single incident Repeated and prolonged trauma Occurs due to a buildup of traumatic events within specific contexts Events that are expected to occur

5.  Hypervigilance can best be defined as: A world view based on a "threat-based" biologically driven perspective in which everyday events unfold as potentially dangerous to officer safety. Being able to let you guard down when there is no threat. Feeling tired, detached, isolated, and apathetic. Being underinvested in daily life and activities.

6.  Symptom categories of symptoms that define PTSD are: Fight, flight, freeze Intensity, frequency, duration Event, experience, effect Reliving, numbing, arousal

7.  Our perception of trauma means that: Our resources are taxed Our resources are inadequate to cope with the threat We perceive that we are still in danger Our resources are unlimited

8.  When a first responder is engaged in an incident, they may feel all the following except: Energetic Involved Alert Apathetic

9.  Sudden events that can lead to trauma responses are: Unhappy, unpleasant, unlikely Unnerving, unregulated, unforgettable Unexpected, unpredictable, unstoppable Unfortunate, unbelievable, unreasonable

10.  All the following are considered pros of hypervigilance except: The adrenaline dump “Sixth sense” kicks in Heightened biological function Camaraderie with fellow first responders