We brought back Dan McGuire from CISM Perspectives to talk about stress management for all healthcare professionals in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dan compares the stress seen by EMS, ER, and other hospital staff in major pandemic hot spots around the world to the stresses seen by responders on and after the 9/11 attacks.

We discuss the importance of stress management in the face of recent suicides by EMS, nurses, and physicians surrounding COVID. We also enlist 911 Dispatcher and Meteorologist Kyle Nelson into the discussion to talk about the impacts on that part of the first response community.

Also on the show were Dr. Joe Holley, Meteorologist Becky DePodwin, along with co-hosts Sam Bradley, and Jamie Davis.

Watch our Facebook Disaster Podcast Discussion Group for links to a hotline for stress management aimed at all COVID-19 responders and healthcare workers.

Join the Discussion

Join the discussion after the show with co-hosts Sam Bradley and Jamie Davis, the Podmedic in our Disaster Podcast Facebook Group now!

Paragon Brings “The Experience”

Paragon Medical Education Group specializes in bringing what they call “The Experience” to jurisdictions around the country. They bring together police, fire, EMS, and hospital teams to train together and learn what to expect from each diverse group in the response team so that each knows what to expect from the other and how to back the other groups up. Visit Paragon’s site at ParagonMedicalGroup.com for more information on how this can be brought into your system.