EMS Stress: EMT & Paramedic Basic Stress Management - Softcover

Stanfill, Elizabeth M

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1484877829 ISBN 13: 9781484877821

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

This publication describes in detail, and by example, the stresses that EMT’s and Paramedics experience in the Emergency Field. This book includes the real life stories about, and solutions to stress from a seasoned Emergency Responder. From 1992 to the publication of this text (2013), Stanfill’s life has, and continues to be focused largely in the Emergency Arena. Originally as an Emergency Worker, followed by Behavioral Science with concentrations in Burnout, and Critical Incident Stress Management, she continues to help Emergency Personnel, comprising of EMT’s, Firefighters, and Paramedics, additionally Doctors, Military Personnel, Nurses, and Police Officers.Specific information on Burnout and Critical Incident Stress Management is offered in this small paperback, and it also contains explanations of every day tension that can occur in the EMS, which includes frustration from disrespect, mistakes made in the field, and troublesome partners. This writing is but an introduction to stress in the EMS, and a treatise of basic stress management for the First Responder. These brief chapters on solutions to Emergency Field strain are revealing and very beneficial for the individual experiencing high levels of pressure, and/or devastating events. This is a remarkable book for creating satisfaction through experiences in Emergency Care.

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About the Author

Elizabeth is an Author, and a Behavioral Scientist who blogs, researches, responds to, speaks, studies, teaches, and writes about Burn Out, Critical Stress, Defusing, and De-stressing. Elizabeth Stanfill has been in the emergency field for over twenty years. She began as a young EMT (Emergency Medical Technician), became a FTO (Field Training Officer), and then advanced to a 911 Operations Supervisor. During her undergraduate and graduate degrees she focused on CISM (Critical Incident Stress Management) in the emergency field. Subsequent to her education, and simultaneously with her certification, she designed and directed a CISM Program for the Southern Pacific Region of the largest ambulance company in the United States. Elizabeth has trained thousands of emergency personnel, as well as the general population, in stress management, and stress relief. She has prepared, and trained hundreds of emergency responders in peer counseling for Critical Incidents. She is a proud Mother of a very successful son, and she lives in Southern California.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1484877829
• ISBN 13: 9781484877821
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 58