1. Stress Reaction to a stimulus that disturbs our physical or mental equilibrium
2. Trauma Exposure to an event that leads an individual to experience a sense of chaos, loss
of control, and feeling of helplessness
3. Traumatic Stress The stress response to traumatic events
4. Traumatic Event The exposure to actual or threatened death, serious injury, or sexual violence.
5. Yerkes-Dodson Appropriate stress level is healthy, excessive stress level is unhealthy and leads to
Law (stress curve) poor performance
6. Benefits of trau- More likely to get cooperation
ma informed less likely to escalate the situation
practices less likely to add trauma to someone already traumatized
7. Direct trauma the person experiencing the traumatic event
8. Indirect trauma The person witnessing or hearing about the traumatic event
9. Acute Trauma A single traumatic event that is limited in time
10. Chronic trauma the accumulated experience of multiple traumatic events
11. Complex trauma complex series of more than one type of traumatic event
12. System induced traumatic events as a result of institutional action
trauma
13. vicarious trauma exposure indirectly to any of the above types of trauma
14. Brain stem (rep- responsible for bodily functions
tilian brain)
15. Supports emotion, behavior, motivation, and long-term memory
, Limbic sys-
tem (mammalian
brain)
16. Cortex (human language, thoughts, self-awareness, perception, and consciousness
part)
17. Prefrontal cortex Cause and effect, plan for the future, set goals, consequences, and moderate social
(executive func- behavior
tioning)
ÏSNS Triggers possible loss of executive functioning
18. Cognitive re- Poor concentration
sponse to trau- Confusion
matic event Disorientation
Indecisiveness
Shortened attention span
Memory loss
Unwanted memories
Diflculty making decisions
19. Emotional re- Shock
sponse to trau- Numbness
matic event Feeling overwhelmed
Depression
Feeling lost
Fear of harm to self and/or loved ones
Feeling nothing
Feeling abandoned
Uncertainty of feelings
Violate emotions
20.