Primeros auxilios psicológicos: componentes y protocolo

Abstract

Psychological First Aid is a rapid psychological intervention that is carried out during the first minutes or hours to people affected by a crisis, providing them with emotional support, reducing danger and strengthening coping skills. The objective of this research is to establish the importance of Psychological First Aid, its components and protocol. Through the bibliographic review of research with a descriptive scope, the effectiveness of emergency psychological intervention in crisis in the vulnerable population is highlighted. Because psychological crises constitute a danger to people's mental health, it is recommended that the training of people be increased from ethics and professionalism for emergency psychological care since, according to the opinion of various authors, Psychological First Aid is of vital importance for the emotional recovery and the reduction of the suicidal ideas in the victims.