Health Campaigns

CSTS Suicide Prevention Program

Helping Others Calm an Acute Stress Response

In times of war and other disasters, exposure to extreme stress can cause people to mentally "freeze" or seem to disconnect from their surroundings. If you observe this to happen, doing the actions on this card can help that person become more alert and present, so they can take needed actions to protect health.

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Rapid Psychological First Aid Helping

These card list important early, rapid actions to protect mental health.

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Leader Support for Service Members Working During COVID-19

The PA-STAR pocket card provides action steps for leaders that enhance readiness for service members before, during, and after COVID-19 operations.

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Leader Support for Service Members Working with Human Remains

Exposure to human remains can be a stressor for those who provide care and assistance during disasters, such as COVID-19. The MA-STAR pocket card and accompanying fact sheets provide action steps for leaders that enhance readiness for military personnel before, during, and after operations that may involve exposure to human remains.

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5 Steps to Save a Life

Suicide is an important public health issue for our communities. Knowing how to help others gives us confidence to reach out and connect with people who seem to be hurting or having difficulties. This "5 Steps to Save a Life" resource is adapted from the National Institute of Mental Health and lists simple steps one can take that may ultimately save someone's life.

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Courage to Care

The "Courage to Care" initiative is intended to raise awareness of the strength and courage required in parenting during stressful times of deployment, redeployment, extended deployment and reintegration into one’s home life upon return from duty.

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Terrorism and Disaster: What Clinicians Need to Know

Medical Education series created through Uniformed Services University and RUSH Medical School collaboration (CME credits no longer available)

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Disaster Health Core Curriculum Online

The Uniformed Services University National Center for Disaster Medicine and Public Health is proud to announce a free, eight-hour, online Disaster Health Core Curriculum for All Health Professionals intended for a wide range of health care professionals.

The course consists of eleven, 30-minute to one-hour online training lessons covering a variety of disaster health topics such as personal or family preparedness, communication, ethical and legal issues encountered in disasters, and much more. This curriculum is free and designed to be taken in pieces or as a whole to be flexible for our busy healthcare professional learner. The foundation of this curriculum is the Core Competencies for Disaster Medicine and Public Health.

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