PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTION IN EMERGENCIES AND DISASTERS FROM THE COSTA RICAN SOCIAL SECURITY INSTITUTE: THE EXPERIENCE IN OSA DUE TO THE IMPACT OF THE NATE STORM, OCTOBER 2017

Abstract

This report recovers the main results of a psychosocial intervention from the Costa Rican Social Security Institute; carried out in the attention of the emergency due to the flood generated in the Nate Storm on October 5-6, 2017, in the canton of Osa.The intervention was carried out in the Tomás Casas Casajús Hospital and in the Osa Health Area. The report recovers the technical and operative elements of the psychosocial care of the emergency.