Case Study
Disaster Behavioral HealthRandal 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 nowbe unemployed and who may have lostco-workers?
– Crash investigators?
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