Peer support subsequent to trauma contributes to full recovery. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) -- including complex trauma (cPTSD) -- is debilitating, breaking down the body through anxiety and stress, and it poses a significant suicide risk in sufferers.
Patients are admitted to a telemetry unit when a doctor feels that they could benefit from intensive monitoring. Telemetry is often recommended after a heart attack, or when a patient is seriously ill or at risk of developing complications.
Telemetry monitoring involves watching and analyzing data received at a distance from its source. It usually refers to a certain way of monitoring a hospital patient's heart activity, but it is also the way in which information is received from spaceships and orbiting satellites, among other things.