IF YOU ARE THINKING OF SUICIDE:
National Suicide Prevention Hotline: (800) 273-TALK
National Hope Line Network: (800) SUICIDE
Safe Call Now (First Responder Specific): (206) 459-3020
EMS & Fire Suicide Reporting Form
EMS Mental Health Organizations
Firefighter Behavioral Health Alliance (clinician and leadership training as well)
National Organizations
IAFF Behavioral Health Program
Treatment Centers
Brattleboro Retreat Uniform Service Program
General Population Statistics
Increase in Suicide 1999 – 2014
Peer Support Groups
Wings of Change (also info on starting an agency group)
EMS World- Queensland AU Peer to Peer
Chaplain Programs
Resilience
American Psychological Association
Evidence Based Program for Improving EMS Mental Health
Sleep Hygiene
Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Fire & EMS White Paper
EMS Stress and Sleep Deprivation
Speed, Alcohol, Fatigue, Effects – Dr. Narelle Haworth
Video- The Mind After Midnight
Financial/ Professional/ Retirement Planning
Moving Beyond the Lights & Sirens
EMS World- Why Every EMS Professional Needs an Exit Strategy
EMS World- What’s Your Plan B?
Info from other countries
United Hatzalah- Psychotrauma & Crisis Response Unit
Australia – Ambulance Victoria Launches Mental Health and Well being strategy
Articles
EMS World- Planning for Emotional Disasters
EMS1- Are We Working EMS Providers to Death
EMS1- EMS Responders at Risk of being Second Victim
EMS World- Why Some Make It in EMS and Some Don’t
Canadian Paramedicine- Tips for a Healthy Mental Garden
Research
Death By Suicide- EMS Providers Compared to General Public
EMS MH Legislation
GA House Bill 703- Governor’s Office of Public Safety Support
Other Resources
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