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Recent Announcements and New Resources on EMS.gov

American Ambulance Association

From EMS.gov on January 24, 2024 Recent Announcements TODAY: Rural Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Training Grant Pre-Application Webinar The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is hosting a webinar […] The post Recent Announcements and New Resources on EMS.gov appeared first on American Ambulance Association.

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Maintaining Resilience and Mental Health in the EMS Profession

NCOAE

The suicide rate among emergency medical service (EMS) professionals rose a shocking 38 percent since 2009, according to a study published in the Western Journal of Emergency Medicine. In addition, we should all be working together to improve the situation for EMS professionals. What’s the solution? Let them do their jobs.

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A Chef and a Paramedic Walk Into a Bar.

The Overrun

In his book, Kitchen Confidential , he talks about the business of cooking food a lot like colleagues I know talk about EMS. And in the end, the only thing you really can depend on are your fellow cooks and service people; because they are in it next to you. Kind of like EMS. So why do they, and we, do it?

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My Burnout

The Overrun

I’ve been in EMS a long time. Of everything I’ve done in my adult life, I’ve enjoyed EMS the most, and it’s been good to me. Of everything I’ve done in my adult life, I’ve enjoyed EMS the most, and it’s been good to me. It manifests itself in a lot of ways, but I’m going to talk about mine. I got burned out.

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NVFC Supported SIREN Grant Reauthorization Act Signed into Law

NVFC

This law reauthorizes the Supporting and Improving Rural EMS Needs (SIREN) grant program through FY 2028. The SIREN grant is administered through Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). It is the only federal program that currently exists specifically to support rural EMS operations.

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PEM Currents – Agitation in Children – Episode 5: The Boarded ED Patient

EMDocs

Some of these solutions can include: Implement telemedicine options School-based mental health services Integrate mental health services with primary care Mobile response teams for behavioral health emergencies Expansion of existing services to include pediatric patients Resources emDOCs.net Articles emDOCs Cases: ED Approach to Agitation Pediatric (..)

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