Stress First Aid for Healthcare Workers: A Peer Support Tool

A peer support toolkit

Stress First Aid offers practical steps aimed at protecting life, limiting further harm and supporting recovery. This course introduces it for healthcare workers, presenting it as a menu of options rather than a fixed script.

Uses for the framework

• Recognizing stress reactions in yourself
• Supporting a co-worker who is struggling
• Pointing someone toward other types of support

Each of these uses is a way to act on stress reactions early, before they grow into longer-term problems.

Who it suits

Healthcare staff are the core audience, and the course is pitched at beginners. It works as an entry point before any more specialized mental health training, and its practical tone keeps the focus on what to do next.