On August 9, 2023, a communication event on the topic "Psychological assistance to victims in extreme situations" was planned and held on the basis of the "TMO of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine for the Kirovohrad region"

Emergency psychological assistance is a system of short-term measures provided to victims in the zone of an extreme situation directly or in the near future after a traumatic event.

Principles of emergency psychological assistance:

Urgency. You need to act immediately, according to the specific situation. If in the case of an acute reaction to stress, a person is provided with appropriate support and psychological help in time, then, according to experts, most of the victims will successfully adapt to the experience and will not suffer from PTSD and related disorders.
Proximity of help to the scene. Emergency care should be provided in a situation and social environment familiar to the victim, which minimizes the negative consequences of hospitalization.
The expectation that normalcy should return. Affected people should be treated like normal people, not like patients. It is necessary to maintain confidence in them that their condition is normalizing.
Integrity and simplicity of psychological influence. The aid algorithm should be unified - take the victim away from the source of injury, provide water, food, rest, a safe environment and listen.
Affect the symptom, not the syndrome. It is necessary to eliminate or reduce the most vivid manifestation of an acute reaction (for example, aggression, crying, hysteria, a state of shock), which does not allow a person to function. Deeper psychological help should be provided by professionals in a safe place if necessary.