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More on Army Suicide Prevention

March 30th, 2009 | Comments Off

Considered an ongoing battle to decrease the Army’s suicide rates, commanders brainstormed how to reduce the rising numbers and push prevention training. The number of suicides in 2008 totaled 128 confirmed cases from all Army components. This is the highest figure since the Army began tracking this alarming statistic. The Army G1, which manages and develops Army personnel programs, is the proponent of the Army’s suicide prevention program and works as part of a joint effort with Installation Management Command (IMCOM), leaders of U.S. Army Forces Command (FORSCOM), mental health professionals from Medical Command (MEDCOM), and the Chief of Chaplains office. To continuously track suicide data, FORSCOM G1 personnel chief, Brig. Gen. Eric Porter, formed a bi-monthly summit in October 2008. In addition to fostering communication between commands, the goal is to … Read entire article »

Filed under: Medicine, Military

Bad Call

July 29th, 2002 | Comments Off

So I EMT Saturday and not a thing all day. Usually it’s the busiest day. About three pm we wander over to the fireman’s carnival and sit at the ambulance corps’s tent. Watching the crowd, gossiping, and making catty remarks about how thirteen year old girls dress in public. Got myself a white hot and some fried dough. 4 pm it all changed. We get toned out. Some guy hanged himself. We sprint to the ambulance. Run red clear across town. Fire and police are there. The guy is down and they have oxygen on him. Lousy sounding breathing, slow and raspy. Large abrasion circling the neck. Cut to finish. In Emergency Department, still breathing. Many, many people working on him. I’m all hot and sweaty and frazzled. Paramedic was super. Fire … Read entire article »

Filed under: East Rochester Ambulance, EMS, Original writing