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Firefighter paramedics: They re often the first ones seen in an emergency, constantly responding to traumatic and life-or-death situations.Aside from daily, on-the-job challenges, first responders often cope with the toll that responding to disasters and emergencies can take on their mental health.Turns out, the ones first to assist when we need help, sometimes need help themselves. It s something that we re seeing both at the national and state level. About 20% of firefighters have PTSD. Some of those are suffering silently, explained Brett Geyer, a fire captain with Yuba City Fire Department. These new statistics about what s really happening in our field. it s impossible to just pretend like it s not there. Geyer also pointed to a 2017 Ruderman Foundation study that discovered firefighters are more likely to die by suicide than in line of duty.The fire captain heads up a newly formed mental health task force for the Yuba City Fire Department. The model for the program is peer support.Fire service members don t push one another for information. Their goal is simply to open lines of communication about particularly rough calls they ve experienced and engage in an informal, but personal way. It s new in the fire service. There s not a lot of training. There s not a lot of data. Not a lot of information, Geyer said. We re on the precipice of this and it s our job to help each other through it. This approach acknowledging and addressing mental health challenges that go hand-in-hand with this line of work is something the current generation of fire service members realizes is desperately needed. This is definitely a generational thing. I started in the fire service 15 years ago. And I ve been in emergency services since I was 16, Geyer said. This is something we never talked about back in those days. Things are different now.Geyer wants even the newest team members to be aware: mental health is a priority in the Yuba City Fire Department. Our culture is that you can talk and you have places to go if you re having trouble, he said.When it comes to processing traumatic calls, timing is important, Geyer explained. Processing it immediately after the call, not such a good idea. Never processing it, not such a good idea, he said. After the call, it s still kinda fresh in their minds, but they ve calmed down and they ve settled down a little bit. (That s) a really good time to engage with them about those difficult situations. It s something Geyer said needs to happen so first responders can continue doing what they do best helping the community. One call at a time. Reach out, Geyer said. Your bros and sisters in the fire department want to be there for you and they don t want you going it alone. Mental health resources for firefighters can be found here: healingourown.org If you or someone you know needs help, you can call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 or you can chat online here.
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TribLIVE s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey Jr. and other Pennsylvania lawmakers are sponsoring legislation aimed at reducing the chance police encounters with those with disabilities or mental health issues will end tragically. Casey, D-Pa., is sponsoring what he’s dubbed the Law Enforcement Education and Accountability for People with Disabilities (LEAD) Initiative. It includes two bills that would divert some emergency calls away from 9-1-1 and toward human services and mental health support agencies, Casey’s office said. The package would also offer more training for police when they engage with people with disabilities or mental health issues.
The Undergraduate Council endorsed an all-Ivy League statement on mental health and allocated funds toward a project supporting transgender and gender non-conforming students in purchasing gender-affirming clothing at its regular meeting Sunday. The first piece of legislation allows the Council to sign onto an all-Ivy League mental health statement that calls for BIPOC mental health care, active âcompâ oversight, increased counseling services, and leave of absence policy reform. âMental health is the 2nd leading cause of death among students and 75% of lifetime cases of mental health conditions begin by age 24,â the statement reads. The statement also details that no Ivy League university scored above a D+ on the Ruderman Foundation scale, which measures university effectiveness in responding to students experiencing mental illness.
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