TY - JOUR AU - Cantu, Laura AU - Thomas, Listy PY - 2020 DA - 2020/10/15 TI - Baseline well-being, perceptions of critical incidents, and openness to debriefing in community hospital emergency department clinical staff before COVID-19, a cross-sectional study JO - BMC Emergency Medicine SP - 82 VL - 20 IS - 1 AB - Emergency department personnel routinely bear witness to traumatic experiences and critical incidents that can affect their own well-being. Peer support through debriefing has demonstrated positive impacts on clinicians’ well-being following critical incidents. This study explored community hospital emergency department staff’s perceptions of critical incidents, assessed openness to debriefing and measured baseline well-being. Our analysis provides a baseline of provider well-being immediately prior to the local onset of COVID-19. The potential need for additional resources to support frontline providers during the pandemic can be evaluated. SN - 1471-227X UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-020-00372-5 DO - 10.1186/s12873-020-00372-5 ID - Cantu2020 ER -