Dr. Megan McElheran, a clinical psychologist who specializes in helping emergency responders, talks through the brain science behind mental health and emphasizes the data-driven importance of looking after it, particularly in the emergency response field. We also hear from Ryan Collyer, the former advanced care paramedic Dr. McElheran hired to run the Before Operational Stress program she founded. Watch Ryan and Dr. McElheran talk about their core considerations in a bonus video at https://stars.ca/missionready.
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Processing Trauma
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Recovery and Reunion
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Draidyn's Story
For the first time, we hear directly from Draidyn his recounting of the rescue response that ultimately saved his life. Remarkably, he remembers a lot of what happened as community members, firefighters, police, first responders, and STARS crew members worked together to save his life. He even remembers parts of his arrival at the city hospital. Watch Draidyn and his mom walk around the incident scene in a bonus video at https://stars.ca/missionready.
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RE-RELEASE: STARS Origins
STARS founder Dr. Greg Powell passed away very recently, leaving behind an incredible legacy of improving pre-hospital trauma care throughout Western Canada. He was instrumental in STARS launching in 1985, and now, more than 60,000 missions later, we're reflecting on that remarkable accomplishment. We're releasing a bonus episode we originally published in Season 1 of Mission Ready, focusing on how STARS began and how it grew.
Life-threatening illnesses and injuries can happen at the worst times and in the most challenging places. STARS crews provide pre-hospital critical care anywhere — whether it's on a mountaintop, in a ditch, in the back of our helicopter, or through virtual online connection. Thousands of people every year rely on STARS for advanced critical care and direct transport to hospital. Join us for Mission Ready, a STARS podcast as we hear from the people and patients involved in these harrowing emergencies.
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