Confessions of a Trauma Junkie

Confessions of a Trauma Junkie

Author: Sherry Jones Mayo

Publisher: Loving Healing Press

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1932690964

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Mayo, an Emergency Medical Technician, Emergency Room Nurse, and an on-scene critical incident debriefer after Hurricane Katrina, details a progression from innocence to enlightened caregiver to burnout, providing personal and professional glimpses into each stage.


More Confessions of a Trauma Junkie

More Confessions of a Trauma Junkie

Author: Sherry Lynn Jones

Publisher: Modern History Press

Published: 2021

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 1615995536

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More True Stories from EMS and the ER More Confessions shares the raw and honest feelings of emergency service professionals through true 'story behind the story' revelations. Disclosing experiences from both sides of the gurney, Sherry and other EMS, ER, paramilitary, and firefighter responders walk you along their fragile line of sanity. Using humor as a life raft during perfect storms, workers reflect upon how they endure and survive personal and professional tragedy while trying not to care too much, and what happens when they fail in that attempt. A graduate student in psychology, Sherry is a paramedic, trauma nurse, and crisis interventionist who led a national paramilitary crisis response team and continues conducting crisis management training throughout the U.S. Emergency Service Professionals Praise More Confessions "Once again, Sherry brings to life the overlooked or, too often, over-hyped world of the emergency services for all to experience. She does so with a vitality and spirit that makes her prose almost poetic. If you want to glimpse the amazing world of EMS from 'behind the curtain, ' More Confessions is for you. Highest recommendations." --Rev. Don Brown, B.A., M.Div., Flight Paramedic (retired), Chaplain, Lt. Col., CAP (retired); Pastor, First United Methodist Church, Grand Saline, TX "More Confessions will take you to the edge of first responder insanity with honesty and integrity. Sherry has once again opened our world to the reader by cleverly describing the unbelievable experiences that we have every day. This book is the real deal!" --Peter Volkmann, MSW, EMT, Chief-Stockport NY Police Department. "Through the venue of real and personable human experience stories, Sherry's More Confessions is a powerfully written sequel that provides key insights into the need for those who work in emergency and disaster response, as well as their families, to actively and purposely recognize and consistently address their physical, mental, and spiritual well-being. All who read this book will be touched deeply in some way." --Harvey J. Burnett, Jr., PhD, LP, President, Michigan Crisis Response Association Sergeant, Buchanan Police Department Assistant Professor of Psychology, Behavioral Sciences Dept., Andrews University From the Reflections of America Series at Modern History Press www.ModernHistoryPress.com Medical: Allied Health Services - Emergency Medical Services


Trauma Junkie

Trauma Junkie

Author: Janice Hudson

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13:

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""Trauma Junkie gives us a view over the flight nurse's shoulder from liftoff until the patient is delivered to the hospital and the agonizing minutes in between. These fascinating true stories are impossible to put down.""--James M. Betts, MD, Chief of Department of Surgery and Director of Trauma Services, Children's Hospital, Oakland ""An exciting portrayal of emergency nursing."" -- Library Journal ""Fast-paced nonfiction that reads like an adventure story."" -- School Library Journal In Trauma Junkie, readers accompany veteran flight nurse Janice Hudson as she races in response.


More Confessions of a Trauma Junkie

More Confessions of a Trauma Junkie

Author: Sherry Jones Mayo

Publisher:

Published: 2021

Total Pages:

ISBN-13: 9781615995554

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"Southeast Michigan nurse Sherry Lynn Jones portrays events in her career in emergency medicine including venues such as Civil Air Patrol (CAP), hospital emergency rooms, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), prisons, and crisis/disaster responses such as Hurricane Katrina. Emphasis on the need for peer-support and self-care for all types of responders"--


More Confessions of a Trauma Junkie

More Confessions of a Trauma Junkie

Author: Sherry Lynn Jones

Publisher: Modern History Press

Published: 2021-01-08

Total Pages: 166

ISBN-13: 9781615995547

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More Confessions shares the raw feelings of emergency service professionals through true 'story behind the story' revelations. Disclosing experiences from both sides of the gurney. EMS, ER, paramilitary, and firefighters share stories


Grief on the Front Lines

Grief on the Front Lines

Author: Rachel Jones

Publisher: North Atlantic Books

Published: 2022-05-17

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1623176417

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For readers of Atul Gawande and Siddhartha Mukherjee--a timely, vital exploration of the burnout, grief, depression, and trauma that America’s healthcare system engenders among doctors, nurses, and medical workers. Practicing medicine is traumatic: coping with the death of a patient, sharing a life-changing diagnosis, grieving futility in the face of a no-win situation. The emotional burden placed on doctors, nurses, and other healthcare practitioners is profound...and yet their suffering is often displaced, dismissed, or unrecognized. Here, Rachel Jones breaks the silence, daring to imagine a future where every healthcare worker is provided with the right tools to process grief, the space to integrate trauma, and--most importantly--the knowledge that they’re not alone. Drawing from the latest research and more than 100 interviews with healthcare professionals across different specialties, backgrounds, and institutions, Jones identifies how US medicine fails its workers--and how it can do better. Speaking with urgency about the systemic shortcomings that contribute to widespread depression, burnout, suicide, and PTSD among physicians and nurses--a culture of stoicism, the pressure of 80-hour workweeks--Grief on the Front Lines shares the stories of everyday healthcare heroes and offers a glimpse into the educational programs, retreats, therapeutic offerings, and peer support networks already building a hopeful new culture of medicine that cares for its own.


Recovering the Self

Recovering the Self

Author: Ernest Dempsey

Publisher: Loving Healing Press

Published: 2010-06-01

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 1615990488

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Recovering the Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing (Vol. II, No. 3) July 2010 This issue explores the themes of recovery and healingthrough poetry, memoir, opinion, essays, fiction, humor, art, media reviews and education. Contributorsto RTS Journal come from around theglobe to deliver unique perspectives you won'tfind anywhere else!The theme of Volume II, Number 3 is Addictionand Recovery. Inside, we explore this and severalother area of concern including: DietHealthFitnessDisaster RecoveryAbuse SurvivorsRelationshipsGrievingJournaling ...and much more! This issue's contributors include: Morgan Phillips, Barbara Sinor, Christy Lowry, Margaret Placentra Johnston, Telaina Eriksen, David J. Roberts, Karen Sherman, Robin Lathangue, Patricia Wellingham-Jones, Sherry Jones Mayo, Alana Richardson, Sweta Srivastava Vikram, Jim Kelly, Tyler R. Tichelaar, Jo Ann Magill, Holli Kenley, Sam Vaknin, Robert Rugel, and George W. Doherty. Acclaim for "Recovering The Self" "Editor Ernest Dempsey does an admirable job of pulling this material together in a pleasing shape. Each piece offers a revelation, insight, or lesson for the reader to take away. The writing throughout is excellent." --Janet Riehl, author "Sightlines: A Poet's Diary" "I highly recommend a subscription to this journal, "Recovering the Self, " for professionals who are in the counseling profession or who deal with crisis situations. Readers involved with the healing process will also really enjoy this journal and feel inspired to continue on. The topics covered in the first journal alone, will motivate you to continue reading books on the subject matter presented. Guaranteed." --Paige Lovitt for Reader Views Visit us online at www.RecoveringSelf.com Published by Loving Healing Press www.LovingHealing.com Periodicals: Literary - Journal Self-Help: Personal Growth - Happiness


Tales of Addiction and Inspiration for Recovery

Tales of Addiction and Inspiration for Recovery

Author: Barbara Sinor

Publisher: Loving Healing Press

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 1615990372

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"This inspiring and penetrating new book by Dr. Sinor shows how we gather the courage and the force of will to make a transformational change."--Mark Thurston, Ph.D.