Recent content by EricJ

I actually think there’s value in what you’re trying to do here. EMS is one of those professions where people carry years of stories, stress, humor, trauma, and emotional weight that most outsiders never fully understand. A collection of real experiences from first responders could give people...

I appreciate that insight on getting management buy-in. If I wanted to test something small with an EMS team, who would you recommend I reach out to first? A supervisor, operations manager, or someone else? Just trying to take the right first step.

That’s a really interesting point—EMDR is something I’ve heard come up more in high-stress fields like EMT work. I’m not approaching it from a clinical angle, but it does reinforce something I’ve been noticing around how important it is to have a way to process what happens after intense calls...

You make a strong point. I actually have a simple version of something built already, but I’ve been intentionally holding back from pushing it out because I wanted to understand how this actually plays out in real environments like EMS first. Your pilot idea lines up with how I was thinking...

It’s not so much assuming everyone processes things the same way because I would never assume that people do things a certain way because each person does things their own way. It’s to provide a simple place for people who do feel the need to get something out of their head. The app is designed...

That’s a fair question. I’m not in EMS. I’m working on building apps focused on how people process experiences and stress, and I’ve been trying to understand how that actually plays out in real environments—not just theory. I’ve noticed people tend to either talk things out, sit on them, or...

That’s a fair perspective. High-stress jobs probably lead people to develop their own personal ways of processing experiences. Do you notice if people process things at different times?

That makes sense. It sounds like people develop their own way of processing things over time, depending on their personality and support system. Do you think most EMS professionals talk about difficult calls with co-workers, or do people usually process it privately after their shift?

I’ve been thinking about how EMTs and paramedics process experiences from difficult calls after their shifts. I imagine there are situations that stay with you — intense calls, meaningful interactions with patients, or moments where you learned something important. Some people talk about it with...