DEBRIEFING

What is Debriefing?

is providing emotional and psychological support

immediately following a traumatic event.
is a simple, yet powerful tool that enables a team
to self-correct, and enhance their performance.
Debriefing is not counselling. It is a
structured voluntary discussion aimed at
putting an abnormal event into perspective.
 Goals in Debriefing

-Team members reflect upon a recent

experience.
-Discuss what went well and identify
opportunities for improvement.
 DEBRIEFING
Why debriefing techniques matter?
1. Create staff consistency
2. Learn from challenges and success
3. Create plans to make positive change
4. Deal with incidents more effectively next time.
5. PREVENT a next time.
 Why staff consistency matters?

• Remove uncertainty for staff about their job

responsibilities
• Build trust among staff
• Promote teamwork
 Six Important Steps After an Emotional and
Physical Crisis
• C – ontrol
• O – orient
• P – atterns
• I – nvestigate
• N – egotiate
• G - ive
 1. Control: Structure your internal environment for change.

If you've already begun to create change, that's

fantastic! If you're just beginning the journey, that's
great too. In both cases, as you move forward, not
only do you need to have that culture shift taking
place, you need to sustain a culture that maintains
the changes you're making.
 2. Orient: This is the action for change.

Orient each other to what you're going to do next time. As you

progress with this, you'll start to see attitude changes, because
you're creating that consistency within your organization. You'll
start to see others being more on the same page during a response.
Always be sure to review your end goals, because that's how staff
are going to know what you're all working together to
accomplish. Be sure to touch base with reminders.
3. Patterns: Record and track the accomplishments and progress make.

As you achieve benchmarks, be sure to

celebrate your progress. Grab
opportunities to practice.
 4. Investigate: Take a look at your communication system.  

It's also vital to ensure that we are getting training

opportunities and allow yourself to communicate with
others.
 
5. Negotiate: Negotiate that all of this is an ongoing process.

Nothing is ever perfect. Even with as hard as

we try, nothing is ever perfect. Everything is
an ongoing process. So negotiate that ongoing
process, and continue to visit it consistently.
 6. Give: Provide support.

Everyone wants to have a good day at work.

Especially when you face difficulties, especially
when you deal with problems that sometimes seem
unsolvable, at the end of the day, we all want to
feel safe, successful, and good.  
 Prevention of Workplace Stress
• Promote leave, rest and breaks;
• Encourage exercise and meditation, both within and outside of work
hours;
• Ensure the workload is in line with workers’ abilities and resources;
• Boost workplace morale by creating opportunities for social interactions;
• Encourage participation in decision making that affects individuals roles;
• Encourage open communication;
• Establish no tolerance policy for workplace discrimination;
• Create family-friendly policies to encourage work-life balance;