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Beyond Trauma: The Complexity of Stress and Injury

While exposure to critical incidents places paramedics at risk for PTSD and other mental health disorders, not all stress-related outcomes are purely trauma-based.

Paramedic Work: High Stakes, High Stress

Paramedics face a work environment fraught with potentially trauma-causing events. But what exactly does “trauma” mean in this context?

Over the coming months, I’ll be sharing a series of reflections drawn from my doctoral research, Anchored in the Shifting Tides: An Interpretive Phenomenological Study of Paramedic Resilience and Worldviews.