NCOAE

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

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?

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The Overrun

JANUARY 23, 2023

In his book, Kitchen Confidential , he talks about the business of cooking food a lot like colleagues I know talk about EMS. You collect scars, both mental and physical. 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.

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The Overrun

AUGUST 17, 2022

We probably haven’t totaled up or studied the loss of colleagues to a mental health crisis, suicide, or just plain walking away from the profession of caring for people at all levels. The impact on public health and our profession will without a doubt show itself in the coming years as we see people leave or not enter training.

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NVFC

OCTOBER 8, 2024

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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EMDocs

JUNE 16, 2023

One study found that mental health ED visits for children increased by 8% annually with 13% of those children presenting again within 6 months. They identified that patients with psychotic disorders, disruptive or impulse control disorders, and neurodevelopmental disorders were at higher risk for having revisits.

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