Ontario announces funding for Canada's first dedicated PTSI centres for first responders, providing mental health assessment, rehabilitation, crisis support, and peer support. Shane Muir, chief of Superior North Emergency Medical Services, emphasizes the crucial role these facilities play in addressing the high rates of PTSI among paramedics and other first responders.
THUNDER BAY — Specialized facilities to treat first responders suffering post-traumatic stress injury are "crucial" for the recovery of paramedics harmed by what they see on the job, says Shane Muir, chief of Superior North Emergency Medical Services.
The services will include mental health assessment, rehabilitation and residential treatment, virtual care, 24/7 crisis support, peer support and navigation support. Muir said Superior North EMS started seeing a spike in these cases in 2016, and that 2023 was a particularly bad year. That's helped lead to a reduction in time lost due to operational stress, but he said the specialized facilities will take service to another level.
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