Out Burn the Burnout
This is the exhaustion of physical or emotional strength
What is burnout?
This is remaining calm and confident to relieve anxieties on scene.
What is paramedic‘s therapeutic role?
Everyone involved in shocking calls is likely to experience intense feelings. This is something you can do to combat those intense feelings.
What is talk to your coworkers, not bottling in your feelings, and have a debriefing procedure?
Heart palpitations, rapid breathing, chest tightness, and sweating are early warning signs of this.
What is stress?
This is not being able to see or think outside certain parameters.
What is tunnel vision?
These are ways to prevent burnout. Name two ways.
What is sleep, diet, workout, personnel time, relax, and realistic expectations of yourself?
This is what CISM stands for.
What is Critical Incident Stress Management?
Taking deep breath ins through the nose and out through the mouth.
What is controlled breathing?
This type of call is when a patient calls 911 when they cannot fall asleep.
These are things in our lives that lead to burnout. Name two of those things.
What is stress from home, poor performance on a call, difficult calls, and conflict in the station?
This can preoccupy well adjusted providers for weeks or even months after a call.
What is PTSD (Post-traumatic stress disorder)?
In Fairfax County, this program provides access to therapists or other professionals that can help with overcoming the challenges of a difficult incident.
What is Employee Assistance Program (EAP)?
The feeling of having to be perfect all the time, worrying, about people feeling less of me, being afraid to show emotions, and making mistakes can define this term.
What is unrealistic beliefs?
This is an appropriate response to a patient who calls 911 for a non emergent issue.
What is have a good attitude and respectfully educate?
These are events that require some sort of debriefing. Name two of those events.
What is serious injury or death of a coworker, suicide of a coworker, mass casualties, serious injury or death of a child, intense media attention to an incident?
Avoiding excessive amounts of this such as coffee and energy drink can help with processing the incident and coping.
What are stimulants?
Chronic fatigue/irritability, cyncism, emotional instability, loss of interest in hobbies, and unhealthy choices.
What are signs and symptoms of burnout?
This age group responds better to people who are calm, even if the illness or injury is significant.
Who are children?
Percentage of EMS responders that have contemplated suicide and percentage of EMS responders what have attempted suicide.
What is 37% And 6.6%?
This is the strategy of tightening and relaxing specific muscle groups to initiate muscle relaxation of the body.
What is progressive relaxation?