Purpose There is increasing concern regarding the mental health impact of first responder
work, with some reports suggesting ambulance personnel may be at particularly high risk …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) may develop after exposure to an event in which
death, severe physical harm, or violence occurred or was threatened. First responders …

Background: Canadian public safety personnel (PSP; eg, correctional workers, dispatchers,
firefighters, paramedics, police officers) are exposed to potentially traumatic events as a …

Le nombre de suicides survenus parmi les membres du personnel de la sécurité publique
(PSP) au Canada (PSP: les travailleurs de services correctionnels, répartiteurs, pompiers …

First responders are regularly confronted with exposure to traumatic events, including
potentially life-threatening situations as well as the grave injuries and deaths of colleagues …

We thematically analysed responses volunteered by 828 of the nearly 9,000 public safety
personnel (PSP) who participated in an online survey on occupational stress injuries and …

When a disaster strikes, rescue workers are deployed to the disaster site to provide
immediate rescue support to victims. Given the unpredictable and overwhelming nature of …

BackgroundThe 11 September 2001 (9/11) attacks were unprecedented in magnitude and
mental health impact. While a large body of research has emerged since the attacks …

Background Emergency services personnel face frequent exposure to potentially traumatic
events, with the potential for chronic symptomatic distress. The DSM-5 recently recognized a …

Repeated exposure to traumatic experiences may put professional firefighters at increased
risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). To date, however, the rate of PTSD …