The recent tragic boating accident once more focused our attention on the trauma and suffering of losing a beloved spouse, family member and friend. ER24 sent out a circular to all those who provided asisstance on the scene of this accident – and thanked them for showing compassion to those in need!! We would like [...]
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How do we cope with a traumatic event? The Arrive Alive road safety website is often approached by family of accident victims who would like to enquire more information about trauma counseling. The recent fatal accident between a minibus taxi and a train in Cape Town once more highlighted the need for trauma councelling! A [...]
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A 23 year old man is presumed to be drowned in the Blaauwpan dam in Kempton park this afternoon. Details are still sketchy but it is believed that a family was having a fun day at the dam. The 23 year old was swimming and got into difficulty and then disappeared under the water. Netcare [...]
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The SA Depression Anxiety Group (Saga) warned on Wednesday that policemen under severe stress needed counselling to prevent them from becoming “trigger-happy”. “What we need to be looking at, [is] training police, empowering the police to recognise their own stresses, empowering them to be psychologically and mentally healthy so that they don’t take anger and [...]
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Three ladies were critically injured in an accident along the Phoenix highway this afternoon at around 15h00. A ten ton truck and a Mazda sting collided at the intersection of the Phoenix highway and Grove end road. All three the patients were from the Mazda . When Paramedics from Netcare 911 arrived on scene they found that all [...]
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A lady in her 20′s is in a critical condition after she was run down by a 18 wheeler truck in the Prospecton area on Wednesday afternoon at around 14h00. It is believed that 3 ladies were walking together when the truck came around the corner. Two of the ladies managed to jump out of the way [...]
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Netcare 911 was called to an industrial accident in the Pinetown area. A worker was repairing a concrete mixer and when he tried to test it he slipped and his leg was caught in the blades of the machine causing a partial amputation. Fortunately the Netcare helicopter with a trauma team was available and immediately flew [...]
It is reported that Air France has set up a counselling centre at Barra da Tijuca in Rio de Janeiro offering assistance to friends and family members of those who were on board the missing flight 447. “The way in which a death notification is delivered and questions [...]
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I was deeply saddened yesterday when I read the story of the freak accident where Jan-Hendrik van der Merwe, who is former Springbok captain Corné Krige’s brother-in-law, accidentally drove over his children. It was reported earlier today that both parents are receiving trauma counselling/ couseling. It is of the [...]
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A traumatised father who police say accidentally drove over and killed his two children moments after he saw them falling out of his bakkie is receiving counselling with his wife. Jan-Hendrik van der Merwe, who is former Springbok captain Corné Krige’s brother-in-law, drove over his children, one-year-old Phillip and four-year-old Kirsten, [...]
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