Mental Health
The primary goal of mental wellness check-ins is to provide public safety employees with increased quality of life as well as tools to manage their response to stress and trauma
Recruitment, the opioid epidemic, climate change and mental health challenges are just as significant for paramedics now as they were in the heat of the campaign
Lessons from a Florida chief’s message to grieving members
As the numbers of pediatric patients with diagnosed mental health conditions climb, EMS providers will be increasingly asked to treat these kids
A Crisis Car pilot program is pairing three disciplines: police, mental health and EMS to respond to behavioral emergencies
“I just feel like I’m here for a reason,” said John Foster, who spent two months in the ICU, heavily sedated and on a ventilator
Surgery was not the only lifeline for me after a potentially career-ending injury
Looking back into the data on EMS activations and trends, and looking forward in hope
The Florida nonprofit supports the psychological and emotional needs of first responders and their families
Logic’s “1-800-273-8255” also helped increase calls to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
The holidays can be magical, but they can also be stressful; as a first responder, you owe it to yourself to make it work for you
Any help we can get to naturally shift our mood into a more positive direction is something we can all get behind
The holidays can be magical, but they can also be stressful; as a first responder, you owe it to yourself to make it work for you
The mobile crisis intervention class is planned to run three times a year with cohorts made up of participants from municipalities, nonprofits and community groups
Join this discussion with real-life spouses Mike Taigman and Sascha Liebowitz, on how to repair burnout by reconnecting with loved ones and mitigating the impact of the job on your relationships.
Four pieces of low-hanging fruit that can improve industry safety for our patients and EMS crews
Burnout is a crisis in all healthcare professions, including EMS, and to make it better will take an all-hands-on-deck approach
3 tips to build a more robust emergency response ecosystem for mental health crises in your communities
The office aims to help first responder agencies proactively address PTSD and other work-related traumas
Ambulance Victoria employees said trauma from workplace conditions was worse than what they experienced from the work itself
The pilot program dispatches a mental health worker and a firefighter-paramedic to mental health crisis calls in lieu of police
Learn how mental health support programs can alleviate stress in the workplace
Many 911 call centers face challenges determining whether a response should involve law enforcement, EMS, or a more specialized response when available
Knowing how to intervene when a colleague is going off the rails could save their career and protect the agency’s reputation
Optimism is less a personality trait and more a strategy for how to deal with outside events – and strategies can be learned
The 988 mental health crisis dialing code goes live July 16. The experts outline what to expect
In this episode of Inside EMS, our co-hosts discuss the topic of mental health and why it’s important that first responders be aware of their stress levels
Independence Firefighter-Paramedic Chad Sappenfield had previously served in the U.S. Army
A Pew Trusts survey revealed limited training and options for dispatching specialized responses
What are you to doing to enhance situational awareness and reduce multitasking in a world increasingly consumed with distraction?
The CDC division is seeking evidence-based responses from employers, unions, workers, researchers, treatment providers and government agencies
Re-energizing strategies to overcome exhaustion, cynicism and a diminished sense of self-worth
The Behavioral Health & Social Service Initiatives director at American Ambulance joins the podcast
