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Episode 62: Surviving PTSD with Chris Divver

Episode 62: Surviving PTSD with Chris Divver

Daniel Schwester
Health and Safety, Interview

September is Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month. Dan sits down with Chris Divver, paramedic and fire officer who shares his story about trauma, stress, and growth. Chris is someone who by example has shown people in emergency services that post-trauma stress and survival can be done. We talk about therapy, EMDR, and other tools he’s used to help him survive the injury.

Next Rung is a emergency services focused agency to help those of us with trauma or PTSD. Check them out here:

https://www.nextrung.org

Ashley Fitzpatrick from Episode 61:

https://www.jems.com/2020/07/28/first-responders-and-ptsd-a-literature-review/



Episode 46: CROSSOVER with Pin The Q Podcast!

Episode 46: CROSSOVER with Pin The Q Podcast!

Daniel Schwester

For this episode, we joined up with Frank Melillo and the Pin The Q podcast! Frank is a fire officer and former volunteer and career EMT, and his show takes a close look at the culture and tradition of the fire service, which got us thinking: Why DON'T we have culture and traditions in EMS?

If you're looking for the typical Fire vs. EMS slamfest; you're not going to find it on this episode. You may take away an idea, you might find something that changes how do you things in the future, you may get a new perspective. But you won't be bored, that's for sure.

Frank also tells us about the great stuff Next Rung is doing for emergency services peer support, and why you should have Next Rung in YOUR gear bag.

You can find Pin The Q at:

https://pintheq.com

Insta: pintheq_podcast

YouTube: PintheQ Podcast

FB: PintheQ

Next Rung can be found at:

https://www.nextrung.org