Case Study Disaster Behavioral Health Randal Beaton, PhD, EMT
Case Study: Boise Airport Crash A passenger airliner with over 100 passengers on board loses altitude shortly after takeoff, crashing into a nearby chemical facility.
Case Study: Boise Airport Crash Preliminary assessment: 80 + fatalities 37 seriously burned and injured. –What are the behavioral health implications of this disaster for community members?
Case Study: Boise Airport Crash What are the behavioral health implications of this disaster for: – Rescue personnel? – First receivers? – Seriously injured and burned survivors?
Case Study: Boise Airport Crash What are the behavioral health implications of this disaster for: – Surviving family members? – Other airline employees—who also lost co-workers?
Case Study: Boise Airport Crash What are the behavioral health implications of this disaster for: –Chemical facility workers who may now be unemployed and who may have lost co-workers? – Crash investigators?