Recovering From Car Accident Trauma

Car accidents can cause trauma or even death, but for people who do get injured, the wounds they suffer can be on the outside, but they can also be on the inside as well. Cuts, bruises, and sprains all heal in a short time, but what about the fear that was involved in the car accident? An accident doctor can treat the physical wounds, but sometimes there are psychological traumas that psychologists or psychiatrists need to treat, and they take their jobs very seriously because wounds to the psyche can be harder to heal than something that may require stitches or surgery.
Helping Patients Get Back In Their Cars and Driving
Some injuries are on the inside, so there is no open wound or bloody cut that can be covered with a Band-Aid. When people are in a car accident, they can be traumatized, and may feel very anxious or nervous about getting behind the wheel of a car, even if they are not going far. How can this kind of trauma be treated? Here is more information on how an accident doctor can treat both the physical injuries, and then send them to another doctor for the psychological recovery.
Here are some ways that people can recover from the psychological aspect of a wreck:
• Help the patient feel safe: An accident doctor will treat all the physical injuries, and while things were happening, more than likely in the ER, it was that doctor’s job to alleviate panic and make that patient feel safe. However, that was just in that precise moment, and once out of the ER, the feeling of not being safe my come back. A psychologist or psychiatrist will help take the patient back to that moment in the ER, and have them remember that doctor comforting them, which will help them feel safe once again.