Helping the helpers: An Employee Assistance Program responds to hospital trauma— Kevin Geraghty

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This article describes the evolution of services provided to employees of a regional medical center who experience traumatic incidents in the course of their work. The author provides a policy and procedure document and a detailed description of how the services are structured. In closing, he offers a shift of perspective, moving from ‘getting over’ trauma to deciding how it might be helpfully remembered.