Tag: EMDR

EMDR: An Approach to Combat PTSD

• Frontline
• Categories: First Responders
• Tags: advanced health and education, avoidance symptoms, bad dream, department of defense, difficulty, difficulty sleeping, EMDR, EMDR therapy, fight or flight, first responders, Flashbacks, francine shapiro, Frontline Responder Services, hyperarousal symptoms, Mark Lamplugh, post traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, public safety, re-eperiencing symptoms, symptoms of ptsd, veteran affairs
• May 22, 2017

People serving in the Public Safety sector are used to acronyms. Codes for various situations, responses, and treatments exist in every department. If you transfer from one department to another, it can almost feel like you have landed in a foreign country. One acronym that everyone is familiar with these days is PTSD-Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. While many people have heard the term, there is a misconception about what PTSD represents.   PTSD is the result of a single or chronic exposure to a traumatic event. This event(s) can range from car accidents, shootings, abuse, rape, or any situation where ... Read more

Firefighter Stress: Manage It so It Doesn’t Manage You

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• Categories: First Responders
• Tags: and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, anxiety, chronic stress, danger or job-related stress., depression, EMDR, Firefighter Stress, firefighter wellness, firefighters binge, Firefighting, Focused Stress-relief Strategies, Inadequate training, Managing Stress, mirror eye movements, Performing physical exercise, personal danger, Poor leadership, psychological distress, PTSD, REM sleep phase, Rough calls, Shift work stress, Sleep Deprivation, stress-reducing therapies, Stressful Career, symptoms of debilitating stress, The U.S. Firefighters Association, unhealthy coping strategies
• November 29, 2016

Firefighter Stress: Manage It so It Doesn’t Manage You All firefighters can identify a reason that sparked their initial passion for becoming a firefighter—to serve their community, to save people, to work as part of a team, to become part of the station house brotherhood, or something else. That reason turns into a passion that supersedes any fear of danger or job-related stress. Firefighting: The Second Most Stressful Career When comparing vocations with the highest stress levels, those that top the list involve some kind of personal danger. CareerCast (The Most Stressful Jobs of 2016, n.d.) studied stress factors with regard ... Read more