Category: trauma

• A Mental Health Odyssey

  

  The author shares his journey through major depressive disorder, anxiety, and social phobia while working as an EMS provider. Despite having effective treatment for years, he experiences a decline in mental health in late 2023, prompting medication changes and the need for a temporary leave of absence. The narrative includes personal challenges, medication adjustments, struggles…

  Dave

  May 19, 2025

  Compassion, EMS, Family, mental health, Outside Life, Professional Pride, Random Thoughts, trauma

• My New “Worst Call Ever” Has Arrived

  Ask any EMS or other public safety professional what stereotypical trope in conversation they hate the most, and they’ll probably tell you not to ask “What’s the worst thing you’ve ever seen on a call?” – and for good reason. We don’t like revisiting those calls. We don’t need to trudge them back up into…

  Dave

  April 11, 2023

  Death and Dying, EMS, mental health, patients, trauma