Swindon Trauma Group Workshop
Post Trauma Stress / Shellshock
Treatment and Support - Myth or Reality?
Due to unforeseen circumstances this workshop has had to be postponed until later in the year
Venue: Kingston House, Lydiard Fields, Swindon SN5 8UB
Date: Wednesday 28 June 2023
Time: 0945- 1600
Cost £25 of which £15 will pay for lunch and literature, with £10 donated to the Swindon Trauma Group
Thought for the day
To live without hope is to cease to live
Fyodor Dostoevsky
0945- 1015: Meet and Greet – Registration- Why not a cuppa?
1015- 1045: Introduction- Richard Hilling ARRC
Brief history of Post Trauma Stress (PTS). Understanding PTS and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Remember Guernica, Calais and Lima
1045-1115: Video “The Falklands War” This excellent video depicts how the Royal Navy dealt with battlestress during the Falklands War in 1982. The video was used extensively during the 1st Gulf War as part of a Battlestress Prevention Course.
1115-1130: Break
1130-1230 : Group Discussion
1. Staff Support- What about Critical Incident Debriefing? What about Covid?
2. How to prevent PTS/PTSD in ourselves
3. I say again as I have in the past. What about the future?
Summary of the day so far.
Lunch
1330- 1430 First Gulf War 1991: Individual Experience. What was the role of the Battle Shock Recovery Unit (BRU) and the PIE principle – Proximity Immediacy Expectancy?
Coping with a Personal Crisis and the British Red Cross
Exercise: Life Events based on the Holmes – Rahe Stress Scale
Shall we try Benson’s Relaxation Technique? Epitomised by the French Cardiologist
1430- 1500: Break- Tea or Coffee, why not Doughnut Therapy?
1500-1545: Group Discussion – The Way Forward.
A. What about today- What have we learnt from the past?
B. What facilities are available for post trauma stress? The consequences now!
C. Setting up what?
D. What about care for all- for example Carers, Children and Pets? Support for all following trauma.
E. The availability now of self help books please see Recommended Reading and Viewing at www.swindontraumagroup.org.uk
For those living in Swindon the books are available for loan at the Central and West Swindon libraries
1545- 1600 Endings, reflection of the day
May I wish all delegates a safe journey home and thank Kingston House for providing tea, coffee and biscuits at the mid morning and afternoon break.