Emergency Crisis Intervention & Stress Debriefing

In Times of Crisis, You Need To Make The Right Call
Travis Hermance, Crisis Intervention Specialist

A mental health crisis is seldom restricted to the privacy of someone’s home. It can happen anywhere—a college campus, the workplace, churches, shopping centers, and even hospitals and police stations.

Rapid, professional intervention is critical to assessing a situation and ensuring that the person in crisis, as well as those around him, remains safe. Additionally, it’s crucial to take correct action to secure appropriate assistance and prevent a situation from escalating.

Travis Hermance of Hermance Associates, is a licensed independent clinical social worker, who provides swift, professional Emergency
Crisis Intervention, Stress Debriefing and Mobile Crisis Services to Southern New England and surrounding areas.

Emergency Crisis Intervention
Corporations as well as first responders can be especially vulnerable in these types of situations. Liability issues arise and public safety is often threatened.

In an Emergency Crisis Intervention, Hermance Associates performs a speedy assessment and triage of an individual in the midst of a mental heath emergency brought on by serious psychiatric, behavioral or substance abuse issues. This is followed by a recommendation on an immediate course of action to diffuse the situation and address the individual’s needs.

Additionally, Hermance Associates is available to train first responders in the appropriate methodology for performing an Emergency Crisis Intervention.

Stress Debriefing
Too often tragedies that affect high school or college students, as well as corporate employees, can prove devastating and create debilitating issues that continue on into the future, long after an event has occurred.

During a Stress Debriefing, Hermance Associates provides a one-time interview with an individual following an event of a stressful or traumatic nature. This affords the individual an opportunity to discuss the situation and works to decrease long-term psychological harm.

Mobile Crisis Services
Time is of the essence when responding to a crisis. That’s why with Hermance Associates, an Emergency Crisis Intervention or Stress Debriefing takes place on-site, rather than at a remote location.

An immediate on-site visit saves time by quickly de-escalating a situation and preventing further issues that could arise because of delays or difficulties with transport. Additionally, it saves an employer or administrator time and manpower that would have otherwise been utilized to safely transport an agitated individual to an offsite location for assessment.

Why Call Hermance Associates in a Crisis?
Too often, workplaces, schools, employee assistance programs (EAP’s) and even hospitals and police stations lack the funding or the personnel to deal effectively with an emergency crisis. Sadly, this can often lead to tragic results.

When you outsource to Hermance Associates, you put a Crisis Intervention Plan into place, preemptively and successfully managing a potential emergency before it escalates. With round-the-clock access and no-cost pre-emptive telephone screening, Hermance Associates offers the perfect solution to addressing a crisis.

With Hermance Associates, you will see a/an:

• More cost-effective solution eliminating the need to rely on EAP companies or employ a full-time, on-staff crisis intervention specialist.
• Decreased threat to safety and risk of liability by ensuring your organization is effectively prepared for an emergency situation.
• Reliable resource which alleviates the need for law enforcement or emergency medical personnel involvement who may be ill-equipped or untrained to appropriately handle an emergency mental health situation.
• Successful alternative to an emergency room that can be overburdened, understaffed and unable to handle your situation at your location.
• Swift resolution to an emergency with an appropriate referral and outcome for the individual in crisis and a safe, secure environment for those in the vicinity.
• Certified professional educated and experienced in crisis intervention
• On-call solution with availability to meet your needs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

How Hermance Associates Crisis Intervention Works?
Phone call is placed to Hermance Associates to report an emergency crisis situation. Hermance Associates performs an immediate and preliminary telephone screening to determine if a client should be scheduled for an immediate on-site evaluation or be transported by ambulance to the nearest emergency room.
Hermance Associates arrives on site and performs a one-hour evaluation and triage, assessing and intervening with the individual in crisis.

In order to make a thorough and accurate assessment, Hermance Associates makes collateral contact on behalf of the individual to anyone who can provide additional information, such as family or treating medical/mental health professionals involved with the individual.

Hermance Associates makes a determination on the best course of treatment for the individual, whether inpatient or outpatient mental health center or substance abuse detoxification facility.