Ep 132: The Silent Epidemic in Healthcare – Second Victim Phenomenon

There’s a relatively new concept in the healthcare industry that many of its professionals are facing and might not even realize it. The ‘Second Victim’ phenomenon hasn’t always been well-known but more and more people are acknowledging this silent epidemic that frontline workers like CRNAs are dealing with every day. Robyn Finney, APRN, CRNA, DNAP has created a peer support program called HELP – Healing Emotional Lives of Peers – that is working diligently to improve the lives of anesthesia providers, and she joins the show today to help us better understand this phenomenon and how it’s affecting our industry.   Read more here: https://beyondthemaskpodcast.com/ep-132-the-silent-epidemic-in-healthcare-second-victim-phenomenon/2919/    Get the CE certificate here: https://beyondthemaskpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Beyond-the-Mask-CE-Cert-FILLABLE.pdf   What we discuss on this episode:  3:14 – Background on Robyn   4:10 – Why this topic is important   6:34 – What is the third victim? 8:45 – Symptoms 11:09 – Stigmas   18:11 – Events that cause this   22:36 – Second Victim Peer Support Program 25:36 – Institutional support 29:31 – What kind of support is beneficial?   32:12 – More resources 36:25 – Challenges she faced 41:03 – Training she’s doing 46:17 – How will this play out with COVID 50:58 – Final thoughts