Everyone Deserves Trauma-Informed Healthcare

Let me share something personal. A year ago, I had a routine medical screening done. Needless to say, I physically felt a little, shall we say, mishandled by the technician who conducted the screening. Not a lot, but just enough to make the experience mildly startling. I promised myself that this year, when I went to get that routine screening again, I would inquire about trauma-informed care.
When I arrived in the room this year, I asked the technician (same facility but a different technician from last year) if they were trained in trauma-informed care. This technician, as kind and as proficient as they were, told me they did not know what that was. I was more shocked about this year’s technician admitting they did not know what trauma-informed care was than by how I felt physically mishandled last year.

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