Everyday EMS professionals encounter stress. Earlier this year, a student who participated in a ride-along with me died very suddenly a few weeks later. The emotions I experienced after her death surprised me given I had only spent half a day with her. I also felt embarrassed because I knew my co-workers and other students […]
Tag: Stress Management
As an emergency dispatcher, I have heard a wide variety of rescue calls. The worst calls, the ones that cause my immediate increased pulse rate and surge in adrenaline, are the ones involving children. Some of my most memorable calls are for infants that are pulseless non-breathers. I recently had a call for five month […]
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