About TRaCS
Background
In recent months, disasters ranging from terrorist attacks to tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes and floods have dominated the news media. Such events result in traumatic stress that affects a great number of people worldwide. Traumatic incidents also occur in our workplaces and personal lives. Examples might include workplace violence, sudden deaths of colleagues, physical abuse, sexual assaults, robberies, major car accidents and serious, life-threatening illness.
While some individuals encounter such incidents with minimal disruption to their daily functioning, those who experience extreme stress or traumatic incidents suffer major and painful psychological disorganization including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression and somatic pain. The impact of traumatic incidents is not just limited to the victims but also extends to those in the "helping professions." Healthcare professional, medical social workers, teachers, police, firefighters and others who offer assistance to the affected at the time or after the disaster or incident may develop compassion fatigue or vicarious traumatization.
The Aim of TRaCS
This is the aim of TRaCS: to manage the diversity of traumatic events and minimize the psychological impact of such incidents on our lives. Our services are dedicated to improving workplace mental health and management of traumatic incidents through the provision of consultation, training and psychological support services for crisis management and treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder.
The vision of TRaCS is to become a centre for the management of work-related crises, traumatic incidents & PTSD and provide/promote training and research in these areas.
About Changi General Hospital
Changi General Hospital (CGH) offers a comprehensive range of medical and paramedical services. Formed from a merger of Toa Payoh Hospital and the old Changi Hospital, CGH inherited a tradition of dedication, commitment and professionalism from its predecessors.
The hospital's facilities include 776 inpatient beds, 30 adult intensive care beds, 8 operating theatres and a 24/7 Accident and Emergency Department. CGH now provide 23 medical specialities from surgery, medicine, cardiology, psychological medicine, dermatology to sports medicine.
CGH is dedicated to improving the health of the community and to provide excellence and compassion in service and care. Quality of care in CGH is now on par with international standards. The hospital received the Joint Commission Internationl (JCI) accreditation on 11 June 2005, the first SingHealth hospital to do so.