Le manifestazioni pubbliche e le nuove norme per i volontari di Protezione Civile. Esperienze di collaborazione degli psicologi dell’emergenza con le altre forze del soccorso in occasione dei grandi eventi

Abstract

In this article, the authors present the documentation and experiences of collaboration with the Azienda Regionale Emergenza Sanitaria 118 / ARES 118 on the occasion of the medical and psychological emergency assistance operations in major events organized in the territory of Roma Capitale. The aim is to provide the readers with some experiential best practices, to pass on the knowledge and skills needed to perform tasks where the emergency scenario includes similar dynamics, in which there is a crowd or a large number of people gathered in a specific place (squares). The article explains the main medical-psychological reasons for access (panic, agoraphobia, anxiety, psychosis) and provides other useful indications, for predictive purposes, that can help in the logistic preparation of operations.

Keywords

• major events
• triage
• best-practices
• crowd
• agoraphobia