EMS Fitness, Mental Health and Wellness News & Articles

• Helping the helpers

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  The origins of EMS Gives Life and the Code Green Campaign, and the FBHA Suicide Register

• Better eating habits for first responders

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  How supplements and smart shopping can start incremental change

• 6 essential ingredients for resilience

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  How does your resilience measure up?

• Why we created First Responder Wellness Week

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  Lexipol created First Responder Wellness Week to support, raise awareness and promote strong self-care among public safety workers

• EMDR: ‘I signed up as a skeptic. I left as a convert.’

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  Mindfulness techniques and takeaways from an eye movement desensitization and reprocessing training course

• Making workouts count: How to workout SMARTer, not harder

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  Ditch the "all-or-nothing" attitude and replace it with "a little goes a long way" approach by following these five steps

• First responders and alcohol – how much is too much?

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  One of the key risk factors for alcohol abuse is post-traumatic stress, something many first responders struggle with

• Emergency self-care for the care providers

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  How to help a partner, peer or station mate in crisis

• Tactical napping: An EMS bedtime story

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  What public safety can learn from the U.S. Army’s doctrine on readiness

• 10 ways to avoid the great resignation (that aren't wage increases)

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  As an employer, the pressure is on to captivate the workforce and stand out in a competitive job market

• First responders in crisis find help through ReST

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  A peer-facilitated, small-group process has proven effective in alleviating the suffering of moral injury

• 6 steps to adding a therapy dog to your organization

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  The benefits are clear, but where to start? Learn how to find, fund and implement a therapy dog program, and download a fillable caretaking schedule

• The 3-part EMS assessment: Your patient, your partner and yourself

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  Check-in on how you and your partner are functioning during difficult calls, and learn when and how to take a productive break

• 'Any of us can suffer': Working through post-traumatic stress

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  Our cohosts tackle the difficult topic of trauma and healthy ways emergency responders can cope with the sometimes overwhelming feelings

• Barriers to exercise for first responders: Dealing with time and motivation

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  From resistance-training complexes to gamifying training, these strategies will help you maximize the time you spend working out

• Registration now open for 2023 U.S. Police & Fire Championships

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  The Olympics-style games welcome first responders from around the country to compete in 50 different sports at venues throughout San Diego

• Anger management: A different way of approaching burnout

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  Is addressing provider frustration the key to reducing turnover?

• A blueprint to success in 2023

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  The top 5 golden rules for making your goals and resolutions a reality

• EMS: Anyone could do it; not everyone should

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  “EMS is a privilege that has been entrusted to you for safekeeping”

• 30 days to a new you: Take EMS1's better health challenge

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  There’s no denying that EMS takes a toll on provider health; this 30-day challenge can help you get your life back

• Damar Hamlin: A pass or fail exam for the EMS profession

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  Community risk reduction and improving mental health resources for providers

• Hamlin’s ‘on-duty’ emergency highlights the importance of support systems

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  Whether NFL player or firefighter, when one of our own goes down, the impacts are amplified beyond our routine responses

• The EMS workforce: Critical condition!

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  Why right-sizing EMS response is crucial to increasing pay and improving work-life balance

• How much do you bench?

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  Why fire and EMS personnel should incorporate functional training

• 'My highest calling': Mont. EMT reflects on trips to war-torn Ukraine region

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  Cathy Trainor worked at a refugee center shortly after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, where she treated people suffering the mental and physical effects of war

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