Managing the Personal Impact of Dealing with Fatalities
Most of us are not accustomed to being confronted with a dead body, but in some people’s working lives this may happen from time to time. This is usually unexpected and very distressing, causing a variety of trauma reactions, which often interfere with people’s lives.
This may happen in some Local Authority departments, such as Housing, Lighting, Cleaning, Environmental Health, Engineering and others.
It is helpful to prepare such staff members in advance of such experiences so that the negative impact on them is reduced.
Managing The Personal Impact Of Dealing With Fatalities
We have extensive experience offering training for a variety of organisations ranging from the NHS, other emergency services as well as businesses.
We offer training courses to enable people to help others cope in dealing with traumatic incidents and stressful situations. Training courses are usually delivered in-house, but in the present Covid-19 crisis situation courses are now being offered online, which has proved to be very successful.
Managing the Personal Impact of Dealing with Fatalities
Training Course Details
This one day course is designed for people who are sometimes confronted with a dead body during their work. These people will include Local Authority employees such as Environmental Health Officers, Housing Officers, Street Cleaning Staff, Emergency Lighting Staff, Engineering Staff and others.
The training is very practical and will help prepare people for the impact of being confronted with dead bodies, deal with their own reactions to such events and ensure that they are not adversely affected. Delegates will also be able to respond with appropriate sensitivity to the needs of distressed people they may come into contact with. There will be the opportunity to view images of dead bodies, but it is stressed that delegates will be warned before this happens and no-one will be made to view anything without their consent.
Course Objectives
At the conclusion of the training participants will be able to:
Acknowledge their own reactions to encountering deceased people
- Prepare themselves to manage the impact of dealing with incidents involving the deceased
- Recognise typical Post Trauma Reactions and Symptoms in themselves and others
- Demonstrate a knowledge of the Psychological First Aid model
- Provide appropriate Psychological First Aid for colleagues
- Respond appropriately to distressed individuals they come into contact with
- Describe the role of line managers
- Obtain appropriate care for themselves if affected by their work
Organising Training
This training course is designed to be run ‘In-House’ on behalf of Local Authorities and their partners. However, in the present Covid 19 situation, it is also being offered as an ‘On-Line’ option, using any of the usual video conferencing platforms. The course has always received excellent feedback.
To discuss how we might tailor this training most appropriately for your needs please contact Gerry on: or telephone on 0118 973 1546 or 0781 841 0254.
Feedback from our clients
“Zoom approach worked surprisingly well. Small group work made possible –excellent. Good slides and content. Good pre-course reading and information for future reference. Knowledge and experience of Gerry”
- Facilitation via Zoom and breakout rooms worked really well given current limitations.
- Anecdotal stories based on Gerry’s previous experience were interesting and relevant and helped illustrate the points he was making.
- Humorous style and relaxed delivery welcomed.
- Good balance of facilitator input, case studies and group discussion.
- Calm and well-paced delivery and good humoured.
- Clear and good at keeping everyone involved.
- Excellent content and facilitation in difficult/different circumstance –well done and thanks Gerry.
- The break halfway through each session was really helpful. Working online requires a different level of concentration so a break is important.
Feedback from Consultant Doctors following recent training for Health Education England