Comments on: PTSD Survey

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 04 May 2011 21:03:44 +0000

I was diagnosed 3 yrs ago and iv had continous problems that just seem to be getting wors. We are firefighters / paramedics and this is a smaller volume dept. i was under the impretion that i was going to like a smaller dept. comming from a dept that had 150 frontline guys. But!… We recently had a firefighter commite suicide, there was an accumilation of problems for himthat nobody knew about. We have nothing set in place for anybody that is haveing problems. So yes i want to take your test and pleas contact me if you or anybody can help us set something up for this no longer happens.
Thank you
Mike

By: TROY

TROY — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:20:00 +0000

i am a 20+yr paramedic in a city and county local gov.run ems service. i was dx in aug.2008-dec.2008 with ptsd. it was through a EAP program (empolyee assist. program) and it was manditory or be fired. my counsoler dx me with it,all paper work was filed by her and sent back to the eap rep. i was fired in jan.13th 2010 by phone. after two and ahalf wks, i finally got a copy of my personal file.of course there is no paper work showing i went, who sent me,for how long,who i consoled with,my dx, or final out come.they just me back on truck, after a bad call on jan.8th 2010, i was fired on the 13th. never given or aloud to employ representation present. and yes that was my 2nd time of being dx with ptsd.

By: Chuck Cogburn

Chuck Cogburn — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:05:25 +0000

I served in a major metropolitan Fire department as a paramedic/firefighter and suffered with ptsd the last 15 years of my career. i’ve been through 1 divorce and had problems with alcohol. I definitely would like to take the survey and help out in any way I can..

By: Sonia

Sonia — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:04:02 +0000

I recently had to leave my paramedic job due to stress related problems. I will help you if I can.