The health care worker who should be referred to critical incident stress debriefing is
a. A, who worked 8 hours at the information desk for the intensive care unit
answering visitor queries.
b. B, an emergency medical technician who treated victims of a car bomb attack on
a large department store.
c. C, a nurse who works at an oncology clinic with clients receiving chemotherapy.
d. D, a case manager whose clientele are the seriously mentally ill being cared for at
home.
B
Although each of the individuals mentioned experiences job-related stress on a daily basis, the
person most in need of critical incident stress debriefing is B, who experienced an adventitious crisis
event by responding to a bomb attack and providing care to trauma victims.
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