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Traumas In Mindfulness For Warriors By Kim Colegrove

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Paramedics play an important role in emergency response, They provide life-saving care and support to those in need. Despite their essential role, paramedics face difficult challenges that are quite frankly unnoticed by society. Not only are they exposed to traumatic situations daily, but they also experience physical, emotional, and psychological traumas that can have long-term impacts on their well-being. In this essay, I will give an insight to the types of traumas that paramedics go through, and show that greater awareness and support is needed to address the difficult challenges of this profession. The daily routine of a paramedic can be summarised as the following. According to the Toronto Paramedic Association website, paramedics are required to give …show more content…

Kim shares her experiences as a veteran with PTSD, and coaches people on how to use mindfulness to your advantage as a way to cope with stress, anxiety, and many other symptoms of trauma. Kim argues that resilience and strengthening relationships can be developed from mindfulness, and can help in improving one's well-being. A person can be more in touch with their thoughts and emotions, and ultimately achieve greater compassion and care for themselves. Kim highlights how being mindful is an effective way of healing and recovering from trauma. The teachings from this book can be applied to paramedics in managing the trauma they go through during their careers. Using mindfulness can help paramedics in developing resilience as well as help regulate their emotions when a traumatic event occurs. If paramedics learn to be more compassionate and caring for themselves, the pay off will be them being able to take care of themselves over all, which would also lead to the prevention of burnout while on the

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