Mental Health
鈥淭ime鈥 magazine-featured paramedic Alanna Badgley reflects on the fear, fatigue and fight to get recognition and support for EMS during the pandemic and how that fight continues today
Learn these crucial phrases that signal emotional struggles for first responders and how to respond with empathy
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鈥淚 consider meditation as a form of elite cognitive training. These positive impacts are especially transformative for first responders.鈥
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Reach out for help today so you can fill your cup and continue providing the outstanding care your patients deserve
The Irving Police Department and Irving Fire Department combined forces to offer EMDR therapy, an employee health clinic, wellness incentives and much more
Pa. EMS officials, legislators call for sustainable funding as departments work with increasing demands and difficulties
TEEX Wellness and Resiliency Program Director Alisa McDonald has led the development of peer teams available to deploy to large-scale disasters
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The Community Assisted Response and Engagement (CARE) department will send civilian responders to calls that do not warrant a police or fire response
Paramedic Willie Doan Shares an urgent plea for change in a time when employee wellbeing is often sidelined in favor of productivity and profit
Collaboration between EMS and community resources is key to creating a stronger network of mental health crisis response
After an ultimatum from his wife, former Firefighter-Paramedic Jordan Long realized the toll his career was taking 鈥 and took steps to help others thrive
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Funding for six new personnel will allow the Naperville Fire Department to expand the Community Advocate Response Team program
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration announced it will be providing onsite services throughout the state
Oakland County communities use trained mental health specialists to provide assistance to EMS, law enforcement
Join Fitch & Associates and SA国际传媒 to examine solutions to the stressors of EMS providers across the country
9/11 survivor and volunteer firefighter Rob Weisberg is supporting first responders and veterans and their service animals
Results from the 2023 EMS Trend Survey identify an urgent need for increased mental health support
Why technology is the key to avoiding the next 9/11 and MCI preparedness
Take control of your recovery and wellbeing with this guide to creating your own plunge experience in the comfort of your home
Putting your body through heat-related stressors can help you adapt to the stress of working in EMS
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Initiatives using clinicians and EMTs or paramedics to respond to nonviolent mental health crises are gowing
EMS union president Oren Barzilay said the open mic incidents are unprofessional but may also be indicative of workplace stress
Get better every shift with stress management and leadership insights from Aaron Zamzow and Janelle Foskett
I wish someone would have explained what my body was going to go through when I took the plunge
Officials announced the expansion of a pilot program into Newark that partners mental health screeners with police officers
Mary Dutchess said every time she step into the Cumberland Goodwill EMS ambulance she thinks of her daughter
The St. Tammany Fire Protection District pilot program will use a behavioral health center specialist for crisis calls
Finding the opportunity in perception discrepancies, underutilized wellness programs and leadership shortfalls