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  • 8 - Debriefing and body recovery: police in a civilian disaster

  • from Part II - Debriefing: models, research and practice
  • Edited by Beverley Raphael, New South Wales Health Department, Sydney, John Wilson, Cleveland State University
  • Book:
    Psychological Debriefing
    Published online:
    06 January 2010
    Print publication:
    12 October 2000, pp 118-130

  • Summary

    This chapter provides a detailed discussion of Alexander's experience and research in the management of two groups of police officers involved in body-handling and recovery after a major oil rig disaster. It reports on the body-handling exercise following the Piper Alpha oil platform disaster. The chapter first describes the background to the exercise. Then, it addresses conceptual issues relating to the welfare provisions including debriefing made available to the personnel involved in the retrieval and identification of human remains after this disaster. The chapter also provides the empirical results of a three-year follow-up of these personnel. It offers some explanations for the interesting findings from this follow-up. The chapter further represents a critical appraisal of the results, with particular reference to defusing and debriefing. Finally, it highlights the primary conclusions that the study presented here appears to justify.