Mental Health
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To be resilient to the stress of an EMS career, stop being proud of your pain or your lack of it; instead, be proud of overcoming it
Doctors are using a PTSD treatment program originally developed for military veterans and applying it for the first time to help first responders
The golden Labrador retriever knows 30 commands, 10 of which are PTSD-related
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His visit was part of a larger campaign to encourage EMS providers to seek guidance when struggling with mental health issues
Paramedics, EMTs and dispatchers have expressed that the puppy’s presence has been an effective stress reliever
Currently, paramedics are legally only permitted to transport such patients to the hospital
I have been told that I don’t have PTSD since I’ve never been threatened or witnessed these incidents in person
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The Hialeah Fire Department has on-call peer counselors available around the clock
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Participants in the studies reported MDMA therapy “not only helped them with painful memories, but also had helped them stop abusing alcohol and other drugs”
After witnessing a massive influx of patients waiting to be admitted to the hospital, a paramedic shares his frustrations.
I come from a family that has a significant history of depression and PTSD, and I always swore it would never happen to me
Specially trained paramedics work with mental health patients by identifying problems, intervening and de-escalating situations
Small acts of empathy and gratitude are deposits of kindness to get EMS providers through the worst calls
This job does eat away at me every day; there have been days that the toll is taken in one fell swoop
Your partner seems to be struggling both on and off duty; did you make the right call?
Your partner is regularly late to work, has been disciplined for poor attendance and increasingly seems aloof
EMS providers face near-constant stress and tragedy which the profession can no longer ignore
When I started writing, I never imagined that it would actually make me a better paramedic
Trauma doesn’t just impact the victim, but the rescuer as well
Being uncomfortable isn’t the end of the world; suffering in silence very well could be
I’d never had a child ask me what he was going to do after seeing his father dead
The sweats came back, the flashbacks, the images and visions and sights and sounds that had left me a useless shell
I tell myself that second guessing comes with the territory, and that I did what I could, but sometimes all we can do isn’t enough
Fortunately for me, I’ve learned over the years that hiding emotion doesn’t equate to strength.
A firefighter-paramedic recalls the incident that was the start of a now old habit to always look underneath a wrecked vehicle
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