SESSION 8

(Building F - GROUND FLOOR - F, Fl. 0)

(Room S.3)

Clear communication strategies and effective psychological approaches are significant aspects to improve the quality of the prevention and the management of CBRNE events. Reducing the effects and consequences on the population as well as operators in the field. By definition first responders are normally the first to arrive on the scene, and are therefore in direct contact with the victims of a CBRNE event as well as with the components of other teams on the hotspot. A sound knowledge of the issues affecting the psychology of those involved and communication at strategic, operational and tactical level is a key aspect of an effective response. Mastering emergency communication is essential to avoid the spread of incorrect or inappropriate information that may cause, panic or lead the population to underestimate the gravity of the situation. Thus, Raising Awareness in the population is another fundamental aspect on which emergency communication and psychology are focused.

SPEAKER

Amer Hosin (1) (Invited Speaker)

(1) Professor of Trauma Psychology & Child Psychiatry

Senior Academic Advisor, Emergency and Public Safety Department, ADP, GHQ (United Arab Emirates)

Amer Hosin (1)

(1) Professor of Trauma Psychology & Child Psychiatry

Senior Academic Advisor, Emergency and Public Safety Department, ADP, GHQ (United Arab Emirates)

Ferruccio Di Paolo (1) (Invited Speaker), P. Baldi (1), C. Cippitelli (1) 

(1) Dipartimento Dei Vigili Del Fuoco, Del Soccorso Pubblico E Della Difesa Civile - Direzione Centrale Della Difesa Civile E Delle Politiche Di Protezione Civile - Ufficio Ii - Difesa Civile, Ministero Interno (Italy)

Holly E. Carter (1), J. Drury (2), G. J. Rubin (3), R. Williams (4) and R. Amlot (5).

(1) Researcher, Public Health England, Behavioural Science Research Team, Salisbury (UK)

(2)University of Sussex, School of Psychology, Falmer, Brighton, (UK).

(3) King's College London, Department of Psychological Medicine, London, (UK).

(4) University of South Wales, Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care, Cardiff and Pontypridd (UK).

(5) Public Health England, Behavioural Science Research Team, Porton Down, Salisbury, (UK).

Luca Rotondi (1), M. Zuddas (1)

International Master ISSMM Student, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, (Italy)

Aino-Maria Ruggiero (1)

(1) Jyväskylä University School of Business and Economics, P.O.Box 35, FI-40014 University of Jyväskylä, (Finland)

Elhusseini Abdelghani (1)

(1) ESP Center, Mansoura University, Gehan St., Mansoura, Dakahlia, (Egypt)