To preserve well-being and resilience at the individual and organizational level, it is imperative that we provide the necessary support to our colleagues and workers. Over the last nine years the RISE (Resilience in Stressful Events) program has provided psychological first aid and emotional support to hospital workers at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. That service has been delivered by a multidisciplinary team of volunteers who provide peer support on a 24-hour basis to individuals and groups in need. In recent weeks, the team has delivered support proactively to units across the hospital where stress and needs were greatest. Our peer-supporters have been trained in psychological first aid and emotional support based on the curriculum provided in this manual. In collaboration with the Maryland Patient Safety Center (MPSC), approximately 50 additional health care organizations across the US have adopted RISE, based in part on these materials. We hope that this volume is useful to you in supporting your staff and one another during the historic crisis that confronts us all now.

To request a COMPLIMENTARY copy of the

Caring for the Caregiver: Peer Support in the Midst of a Crisis 

Please email Anna Koerbel, Manager of Business Development, Maryland Patient Safety Center: