Yup. I got a 2 hour lecture in EMT school that dealt with all of mental health and psych emergencies and included a "hey by the way take care of yourself, you're going to see some really fucked up shit, a large amount of first responders end up with PTSD, the suicide rate is through the roof, if you don't figure out how to deal with it you'll be part of those statistics too". Super helpful. Nothing like the feeling of watching your paramedic partner and your supervisor both crying in the privacy of the back of the ambulance after the death of a child.
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