Ed and Dan sit down with fellow colleague and paramedic Kate Bergen about her art series that she created during COVID-19, and how she uses art to help manage her stress levels working in the challenging environment of EMS in the US today, and chronicle the amazing work that EMS has done in this new world.
The important thing to take from this episode is that everyone in EMS NEEDS to have some form of healthy release, a way to quiet your brain and recharge. Whatever you do, it is worth it. YOU are worth it.
Kate's work can be found at:
https://www.jbergenstudios.com/jbergenstudios
Kate has been working with Mission Hope, an organization to help clinicians and responders in the NJ area with mental health. Find out more about them at:
Kate's spot on ABC:
https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/video/paramedic-turned-paint-brush-cope-pandemic-70770797
Kate's cover story in Real Woman magazine:
Working on the Front Lines of COVID-19 is as Scary as It Sounds