Comments on: First Responder Opens Up About PTSD on the Job

By: medic87

medic87 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:00:39 +0000

Yes, in the eyes of AMR, which is a profit driven, privately held company. Which makes them driven by the bottom line and not employee safety or well being. Just like every other big business.

By: Chris Messina on Facebook

Chris Messina on Facebook — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:24:50 +0000

so medic87 , what you are saying is money is more important then saving lives or the well being of the first responders ?

By: medic87

medic87 — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:24:55 +0000

The news of a fellow public safety worker dying is tragic, especially in a city that already brings so much heartache to its workers. As far as the article about the ” company ” caring for its employees, recognizing their stress level and offering help. That is a joke, in the 6 years as a full time employee there, mostly as a paramedic, never once was EAP or CISD ever offered to myself or fellow employees. When anyone would ask it was, ” we will get back to you.” As your waiting for them to get back to you, you find yourself drinking your life away and bringing the problems home. For the phone call that never came. The only thing the GM and supervisors ever cared about was filling shifts, and asking if for the 10th time this week if you and your partner would pull a double shift because they are short medics. O and by the way your not getting out tonight on time or able to call out sick. ( per operational need ) If you do your suspended without pay for 3 days.

By: spfldmedic

spfldmedic — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:56:43 +0000

Or not*

By: spfldmedic

spfldmedic — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 12:55:12 +0000

Rip Ken. Medic 3, I think your missing the point of this article. I don’t know if you worked at our division our not, but I have been at AMR Springfield since 07. I have seen many a traumatic incident and most of the time the ones that really need debriefing AMR provides it. I have been offered CISM or some form of debriefing on numerous occasions. This scenario here is about us loosing a friend and brother in the emergency service community. This article is explaining that what we do is hard and that it’s even harder to deal with it when it’s someone you work alongside with. Trust me. ~JH

By: medic3

medic3 — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 09:58:14 +0000

That’s a hoot. That company doesn’t give one rats toucas about its employees and PTSD. I used to work there. Trust me

By: my3boys

my3boys — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 02:26:17 +0000

Its gotta be really hard dealing with that day after day I honor the emergency personal for putting there lives on the line and dealing with all the stress God bless and rip to all that have put there lives on the line

By: justmyopinion

justmyopinion — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 01:05:24 +0000

People don’t realize that we(first responders) take traumatic calls with us. Everyday we go to work we hope to be able to save a life and unfortunately we get let down a lot.