The Rise of the ACP
I’m doing a job that didn’t exist ten years ago. I think I’m doing a job that barely exists anywhere outside our little island, but its existence has parallels elsewhere around the world. I’m talking …
PTSD and me part 5: why did I break?
Working in healthcare and, or as first responders we are at risk of being exposed to abnormal events. Events for which we have no frame of reference and which precipitate acute stress responses and present …
PTSD and me part 4: post therapy
Editorial comment: this blog bring us up to date on a story we have covered over the last few years here on the blog. Rusty covers the eighteen months post therapy and presents a personal …
PTSD and me part 3: EMDR therapy. St Emlyn’s
Editor’s note: This blog is third in a series from Rusty Carroll talking about his personal experiences of working in health care, the psychological sequelae and his recovery. This blog’s goal is to give some …
Keep walking. PTSD and me part 2. St Emlyn’s
Editors introduction – Back in March Rusty Carroll, a great friend of the St Emlyn’s team blogged on the links between experience, mental health and the risks of acute stress reactions and PTSD amongst health …
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. A personal story. St.Emlyn’s
Ed – This blog is the first from our friend and colleague Rusty whom you may well have met a SMACC conference, seen him online, or at the SMACC FORCE simulations with the ATACC group. …