The Stress First Aid model is a self-care and peer support model developed for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, and since adapted for civilian first responders and healthcare providers.  It includes seven actions that can help you identify and address early signs of stress reactions in yourself and others in an ongoing way.  As an essential worker during a pandemic, your work stress is accompanied by the stressors in your personal life, as well as concerns about your family’s health. As staff in a long-term care facility, you also have the stress of caring for vulnerable individuals with serious medical and cognitive issues who may be reacting poorly to extended social isolation. This is unprecedented in long-term care, and it requires ongoing, effective stress management. Stress First Aid offers a flexible framework of tools for addressing stress reactions that can hopefully reduce the likelihood that these reactions will develop into more severe or long-term problems. Stress First Aid can be used for self-care, or to help coworkers, and for supervisors who want to offer assistance to employees.