A joint City of Saskatoon and #USask research project is looking into how some of the city’s bravest deal with trauma. Joel McNair understands what it’s like to deal with trauma as a frontline worker. A firefighter in YXE for more than 22 years, McNair has had to take time away from the job in the past to deal with post-traumatic stress disorder – which is one of many reasons he was so interested in this project. “My hope is that this teamwork we’re going to have between USask and the Saskatoon Fire Department is going to effectively deliver our members the best help they can have,” he said. Click the link below to read more about how this project will examine supports for firefighter mental health: https://lnkd.in/dfNDSZwq
I volunteered on a department near Saskatoon with a very unique and shared traumatic experience, responding to the near-fatal emergency of one of their own firefighters. Please DM me if interested in contact details for those involved.
This is such an important initiative! It's great to see collaboration focused on supporting our brave firefighters like Joel McNair. Thank you for sharing this vital work!
Great! An example for the entire world.
Does this research deal with PTSD, CPTSD? Is the research, which has been well documented, relatable to people who have PTSD - who have not been in first-responder / military? Research on PTSD has been overly on the above groups. And has not been on 'regular' people - assaults - which make up the majority of PTSD. DO a study on that. As an Alum of USask - do better in your research and PR...