Associations Between Alcohol Use and PTSD Symptoms among American Red Cross Disaster Relief Workers Responding to the 9/11/2001 Attacks

2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey S. Simons ◽  
Raluca M. Gaher ◽  
Gerard A. Jacobs ◽  
David Meyer ◽  
Erika Johnson-Jimenez
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
American Red Cross ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms

Associations Between Alcohol Use and PTSD Symptoms among American Red Cross Disaster Relief Workers Responding to the 9/11/2001 Attacks

2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 285-304 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Simons ◽  
Raluca Gaher ◽  
Gerard Jacobs ◽  
David Meyer ◽  
Erika Johnson-Jimenez
Keyword(s):  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
American Red Cross ◽  
Ptsd Symptoms

Epilogue

2019 ◽  
pp. 201-214
Author(s):  
Cynthia A. Kierner
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
First Century ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
American Red Cross ◽  
Disaster Reporting ◽  
Civil War Era ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Relief Efforts ◽  
The U.S

The epilogue skips ahead to the Johnstown flood of 1889, the deadliest disaster to date in U.S. history, and argues that the response to this debacle—due to because of advancements in communication and photography, and the advent of the American Red Cross—was in most respects comparable to that in twenty-first-century America. The main difference was the absence of federal involvement in disaster relief at Johnstown, though the U.S. government began providing disaster relief on an ad hoc basis in the post-Civil War era. The epilogue then examines the normalization of federal involvement in disaster relief and prevention in the twentieth century and the impact of social media on contemporary disaster reporting and relief efforts.

Correlates of Compassion Fatigue and Burnout in Chaplains and Other Clergy who Responded to the September 11th Attacks in New York City

2005 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 213-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin J. Flannelly ◽  
Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts ◽  
Andrew J. Weaver
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Compassion Fatigue ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Compassion Satisfaction ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
American Red Cross ◽  
September 11Th ◽  
Pastoral Education ◽  
Ground Zero

Participants at a June 2002 conference about the September 11th attacks were tested for compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, and burnout. The sample consisted of 343 clergy, including 97 chaplains. A total of 149 (43.4%) of the participants had responded as disaster-relief workers following the September 11th attacks. The number of hours clergy worked with trauma victims each week was directly related to compassion fatigue among responders and non-responders. Compassion fatigue also was positively related to the number of days that responders worked at Ground Zero, while disaster-relief work with the American Red Cross reduced compassion fatigue and burnout. Clinical Pastoral Education tended to decrease compassion fatigue and burnout and increase compassion satisfaction in both responders and non-responders. Burnout was inversely related to age in both groups.

Satisfaction with Relief Agencies during Hurricanes Erin and Opal

1998 ◽  
Vol 82 (2) ◽  
pp. 413-414 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Piotrowski ◽  
Terry Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Federal Emergency Management Agency ◽  
Business Owners ◽  
Salvation Army ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
American Red Cross ◽  
Management Agency ◽  
High Satisfaction ◽  
Florida Panhandle

From a larger study, ratings of satisfaction with disaster relief agencies in the aftermath of Hurricanes Erin and Opal showed high satisfaction from services provided by the American Red Cross/Salvation Army and somewhat lower ratings for the Federal Emergency Management Agency from 167 residents and business owners in the Florida Panhandle.

The American Red Cross Training System for Preparing Disaster Health Services Personnel

1987 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-87
Author(s):  
Carole K. Kauffman
Keyword(s):  
Health Services ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Training System ◽  
International Federation ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
American Red Cross ◽  
Design And Development ◽  
Cross Training ◽  
The World

Disaster relief and the spirit of volunteerism have been inextricably interwoven with the design and development of Red Cross societies around the world. The American Red Cross is one of 131 members of an international federation of national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies, the League of Red Cross Societies. Societies are chartered by their own governments and conduct programs in the fields of health, welfare, and safety in accordance with each nation's needs.

The management of volunteers: Recent experience with the American Red Cross in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

2006 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten Levy, MBA
Keyword(s):  
Baton Rouge ◽  
Disaster Relief ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Recent Experience ◽  
American Red Cross ◽  
Positive Experience ◽  
Natural Choice ◽  
Regional Headquarters ◽  
Scaling Down ◽  
Hurricanes Katrina And Rita

Rather than simply watch horrific events unfold, many citizens do everything in their power—immediately— to help; they seek outlets for their energy. Organizations that use citizen assistance, while grateful, often find the outpouring difficult to manage. This article describes a positive experience with the American Red Cross (ARC) as a citizen-turned-volunteer. It notes observations about the organization’s management of volunteers during a two-week deployment at regional headquarters in late November 2005 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where disaster relief for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, combined into one disaster relief effort, was scaling down. The volunteer experience was positive because ARC was well organized and catered to expectations. ARC proved to be the natural choice for a volunteer outlet. The ARC can be considered a giant conduit for training, turning bystanders into volunteers and deploying them quickly to disaster relief in the field at little expense.

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