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Heroes in crisis: Trauma centers should be screening for and intervening on posttraumatic stress in our emergency responders by Leah C. Tatebe; Nandini Rajaram Siva; Sydney Pekarek; Erik Liesen; Andrew Wheeler; Carol Reese; Victoria Schlanser; Matthew Kaminsky; Thomas Messer; Frederic Starr; Justin Mis; Faran Bokhari; Andrew Dennis is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.

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## BACKGROUND Emergency responders face a crisis of rising suicide rates, and many resist seeking help due to the stigma surrounding mental health. We sought to evaluate the feasibility of an urban trauma center to screen for posttraumatic stress (PTS) among emergency responders and to provide mental health services. ## METHODS Paramedics, firefighters, law enforcement, and corrections officers involved with patients in the trauma unit were asked to complete the Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) and Post-Traumatic Checklist for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual-5 (PCL-5). Additional factors known to affect PTS were correlated: occupation, age, sex, years of service, marital status, children, and pets. Willingness and barriers to seeking interventions for PTS were evaluated. ## RESULTS A total of 258 responded: 36.7% paramedics, 40.2% law enforcement officers, 18.4% corrections officers, 0.8% firefighters, and 3.5% with multiple positions. Responders had a mean of 14.5 years of service (SD, 9.9 years). Mean PTGI and PCL-5 scores were 52.1 (SD, 25.1) and 17.2 (SD, 16.5), respectively. Overall, 24.7% had diagnostic PTS disorder with no difference seen in rates between professions

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Author

Leah C. Tatebe; Nandini Rajaram Siva; Sydney Pekarek; Erik Liesen; Andrew Wheeler; Carol Reese; Victoria Schlanser; Matthew Kaminsky; Thomas Messer; Frederic Starr; Justin Mis; Faran Bokhari; Andrew Dennis

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer) - Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (ISSN 2163-0755)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)