Being a first responder means that every shift will be different. You will experience long hours, little sleep, and nutritional challenges. In minutes, you can go from a mundane call for service to a high-stress and high-risk situation. The average person will experience less than a dozen traumatic incidents in their lifetime; first responders can…
It’s always challenging to balance our personal and professional lives. We work in a professional environment where we are expected to do more with less. We are expected to work those extra overtime shifts, stay late after our shift is over, or answer that telephone at 3 AM because our boss has questions. We are…
As first responders, we address medical emergencies, fight fires, and protect the public, spending days and nights watching out for everyone. But for many of us, we do not look out for ourselves. Cardiac arrest, heart attack, stroke, and heart failure are all part of cardiovascular disease. Heart-related disease is the leading cause of death…