crisis team
Urgent response unit
A crisis team is a group assembled to respond to emergencies or urgent situations requiring coordinated action.
In mental health contexts, a crisis team provides immediate intervention for people experiencing psychiatric emergencies: The crisis team arrived within an hour of the call.
Organizations also maintain crisis teams for public relations disasters, security threats, or operational failures.
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- emergency servicesUrgent public safety organizations
- responseAnswer to stimulus
- interventionPurposeful involvement to change course
- hotlineDirect emergency phone connection
911 · dispatch · call for help · triage · safety plan · counselor · social worker · mental health · suicide prevention · de-escalation · first responders · paramedics · assessment · urgent · stabilization · high risk · outreach · support
- emergency medicalemergency room, ambulance, EMS, ER, EMT
- emergency responsefirst responders, emergency services, fire alarm, 911, call 911
- emergency rescue911, CPR, ambulance, paramedic, paramedics
- Police Unitspatrol unit, SWAT, homicide unit, detective unit, narcotics unit
- crisis helphotline, helpline, lifeline, suicide hotline, emergency line
- suicide preventionsuicide, prevention, hotlines, helplines, warning signs
crisis teampermanent staff
Non-temporary workforce
standing committee · day-to-day operations · maintenance crew · administrative staff · support staff
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