Price of caring weighs on emergency medical volunteers
Robert Brashears, director of Frederick County Advanced Life Support, explains volunteers stay long by balancing family, work, and service. Dr Jeffrey Mitchell notes burnout stems from politics and feeling unappreciated, not gore, with trauma stress rising in pediatric cases and rural assignments. Debriefing and counseling are urged, including Mitchell's debriefing program and local team support.
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Robert Brashears
Frederick County
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Jeffrey T. Mitchell
University of Maryland
Emergency Medical Health Services Department
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Larry West
Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical Services Systems
Paramedics face stress and burnout in volunteer service
Bev Long, Susan Williams, and a third ALS volunteer discuss the pressures of emergency rescue work. They highlight training, fund raising, and public misconceptions about pay, while sharing coping strategies from on scene trauma to comforting families. The trio stresses resilience, teamwork, and accepting limits in life risking duties.
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Bev ‘Long
University of Maryland
Long
Williams
ALS
Libertytown
Reagan speech on hostages and arms shipments fallout
Reagan acknowledged three Americans were released in Beirut as arms shipments overlapped with hostage deals. He denied trading arms for hostages and pledged to halt further arms sales to Iran while briefing Congress on the TOW and Hawk programs. Polls showed sharp drops in his approval as he defended U.S. stance and denied condoning shipments by other nations.
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