Female EMS clinicians report high rates of harassment, mental health struggles and limited career support. Research ...

A new survey of over 6,000 New York first responders reveals alarming mental health struggles, with high rates of stress, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Jeffersontown Fire & EMS staff will soon get an extra day off in between shifts. Right now, ...

Roughly 16% of all first responders reported thoughts of suicide, which is four times higher than the rate of the state’s ...

Starting in July, the Jeffersontown Fire Department will switch its firefighters and EMS to a new schedule. They will go from working 24 hours on and 48 hours off to 24 hours on and 72 hours off. It's ...

Speaking exclusively with PEOPLE, Pearson says he is "mostly okay" in the aftermath, "but I guess the PTSD will always be with me, in some way or another." "I still try and surf as much as I can ...

First responders face higher rates of mental health challenges like depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) compared to ... Furthermore, EMS providers are 1.39 times more likely ...

His wife added: “Everyone who is close to Alec has see his mental health decline. He was diagnosed with PTSD.” In his “darkest moments,” she said, her husband would wonder, “If an ...

While there’s little research explaining how grounding techniques work, the techniques represent a common strategy for managing PTSD and anxiety. Grounding techniques use tools such as ...

Minipress (prazosin), a drug commonly used to treat high blood pressure and urinary retention, has been shown in some studies to be safe and effective in managing nightmares and sleep disturbances in ...

"They just assume they have it." Of the more than 11,000 EMS agencies in the U.S. that provide ground transport to acute care hospitals, only about 1% carry blood, according to a 2024 study.

But the antidepressants and sedatives she was also taking for PTSD, anxiety, and depression barely touched the gnawing anguish that would occasionally leave her unable to sleep, in a ball beneath ...