• First Responder Mental Health

  • Jul 7 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 6 mins
  • Podcast

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First Responder Mental Health

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    Glen Simpson is the Senior Director at Community Ambulance and has been a part of the EMS community here in Las Vegas since 2004. He shares some of the struggles of maintaining good mental health in a career where you are constantly expose to trauma and stress. Glen was a first responder at the Route 91 mass shooting in 2017, and he shared an in-depth account of that night and the impact it had on him.

    Some major topics covered:
    - some of the most tragic/impactful calls he's received over the years
    - the struggle of remaining emotionally available for the other people in your life when you have to turn your emotions off for work
    - the stigma around mental health & speaking up when you need help
    - how, despite witnessing atrocities, he still believes that 99% of people in the world are good

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