Episode 102 - Breakdown: The Physical and Emotional Tolls of Emergency Services

 

Bradley, David, and Eric join with Nyi Myint with the Alcohol/Drug Council of North Carolina and Mark Lamplugh with the American Addiction Centers take time in this episode to discuss the physical and emotional tolls that emergency services take on an individual.  From the loss of sleep, multiple shifts, to the negative stressors of the profession, emergency service employees are placed in situations that cause significant consequences.

David Blevins
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david@tuesdayemstidbits.com

Bradley Dean
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Eric McCullough
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Nyi Myint
Alcohol Drug Council of North Carolina
myint.nyi@gmail.com

Mark Lamplugh
www.marklamplugh.com/blogs

Additional Links

American Addiction Centers -

http://americanaddictioncenters.org/fire-services/

Share The Load Program -

http://www.nvfc.org/hot-topics/share-the-load-support-program-for-fire-and-ems

Are you Under Stress in EMS?

http://www.emsworld.com/article/10776875/post-traumatic-stress-disorder-in-prehospital-providers

International Critical Incident Stress Foundation

http://www.icisf.org

Understanding and Managing Stress

http://www.ccaa.net.au/aust/documents/Stress_Booklet.pdf

Paramedic and Burnout

http://www.giftfromwithin.org/pdf/burnout.pdf

An article to show it is not isolated to the US - one from Iran

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4129899/pdf/WJEM-4-26.pdf

one from the UK
http://emj.bmj.com/content/21/2/235.full.pdf+html

We would not do justice to not recognize the stress and difficulty that PTSD puts on relationships.  Here is a 'spouses story of PTSD'.

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