A team of chaplains at Indiana University Health recently completed a two-year study about a chaplain-led “pause” – 10-minute compact “defusings” / debriefings for care teams following code blue resuscitation events at an adult Level 1 trauma center. The team gathered survey and interview data prior to implementing the debriefs about the care team’s experiences of these difficult events, and then piloted a clinically responsive intervention.

Here the research team discusses preliminary findings and what other chaplains need to know about implementing post-traumatic debriefings for care staff. We’re joined by:

Shelley Varner Perez, Research Chaplain and Senior Program Manager, IU Health

Ann Cottingham, Health Services Researcher and Director of Research in Health Professions Education and Practice at IU School of Medicine

Kelly Mathis, Staff Chaplain, IU Health

Greg Morse, Staff Chaplain, IU Health

We are grateful for the support of Transforming Chaplaincy and IU Health for this webinar.