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. 2020 Oct 20;17(20):7645. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207645

Table 1.

Key terms used for database searches.

Domain Target Search Terms
Population Public safety personnel Public safety personnel
First responder
Emergency personnel
Police
Firefighter or fire fighter
Paramedic or ambulance personnel, or emergency medical service or emergency medical technician
Dispatcher
Correctional officer
Nurse
Intervention (Services) Post-exposure services Peer support
Spousal or family support
Psychological first aid
Mental health first aid
Pastoral crisis intervention
Critical incident stress management or CISM
Critical incident stress debriefing or CISD
Crisis management debriefing
Debriefing
Defusing
Family CISM
Post-traumatic stress management
Couples overcoming PTSD everyday (COPE)
OSI Canada family program
Condition Post-traumatic stress injuries Mental health
Psychological distress
Psychological injury
Critical incident
Occupational stress
Posttraumatic stress injury or post-traumatic stress injury or PTSI
Posttraumatic stress disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder or PTSD