This video is about the history of Navy Medicine’s Special Psychiatric Rapid Intervention Team (SPRINT). SPRINT provides short-term mental health support to a requesting command shortly after a traumatic event with the goal of preventing long-term psychiatric dysfunction and promoting maximum psychological readiness. Examples of scenarios in which a SPRINT response may be beneficial include:
- Natural or man-made disasters that result in loss of life, threatened loss of life, or displacement.
- Mishaps, accidents, or other traumatic events incidents involving loss of life or threatened loss of life.
- Fatalities witnessed by members of the command.
This Innovations in Navy Medicine video is part of an award-winning series dedicated to showcasing the important innovations and hallmarks in Navy Medicine history.
For more information about SPRINT: https://www.med.navy.mil/Naval-Medical-Forces-Atlantic/Links/Psychiatric-SPRINT/
Produced for BUMED Historian, Communications Directorate.
Date Taken: | 03.27.2024 |
Date Posted: | 05.01.2024 14:01 |
Category: | Series |
Video ID: | 921404 |
VIRIN: | 240327-N-N1526-1001 |
PIN: | 820001 |
Filename: | DOD_110272135 |
Length: | 00:03:37 |
Location: | VIRGINIA, US |
Downloads: | 8 |
High-Res. Downloads: | 8 |
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