Creating and supporting resilient responders

Published: April 5, 2023, 3 p.m.

b'While EMS is uniquely rewarding, it is also uniquely challenging, with physical, mental and emotional impacts. During the inaugural First Responder Wellness Week, our dynamic duo, Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson, hosted a special live edition of Inside EMS.\\nIn this edition, our cohosts, joined by EMS One-Stop podcast host Rob Lawrence, welcome Global Medical Response\'s Ed Racht, MD; and Rhonda Kelly, who manage one of, if not the biggest EMS wellness programs in existence. Listen in to learn how wellness programs are essential to creating resilient responders, and what\'s working to support members\' health, emotional wellness and coping strategies for career longevity.\\nWHAT ATTENDEES LIKED FROM THIS PRESENTATION \\n"Great ideas and options to assist providers when they need help and to encourage them to ask for help."\\xa0\\n"Good practical ideas to implement."\\n"It was very informative on information that we as an industry are using to move ahead with responder wellness."'