Provides a personal understanding of the effects of stress, loss, trauma and grief on others, with emphasis on self-care and personal protection.Teaches learners how to support themselves and others to cope with the effects of various types of stress.

NAEMT's Psychological Trauma in EMS Patients (PTEP) course gives EMS practitioners the resources they need to help alleviate patients' hidden wounds -- intense fear, stress and pain -- during a medical emergency.