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Undiagnosed PTSD can go unchecked for years and sometimes decades and have a significant impact on veterans and first responders’ health and relationships. But PTSD doesn’t have to be a life sentence. Reach out for help: hubs.li/Q02gw4p20 #FMHC24 St John of God Health Care

Prof Zach Steele: Service roles carry an enormous moral burden. This underpins part of the hero narrative from the community. However this is a relatively new area with limited reocngition in non-clinical areas. #fmhc24 Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association

Zach Steele: Moral distress is a common human experience. Moral Injury is an extreme form of Moral Distress which causes harm from the moral burden. Moral injury results from moral distress in high stakes situations. #fmhc24 Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association

Chaplain Rob Sutherland: Good people should be effected by seeing bad things. It is important to have strategies for navigating this moral distress. #fmhc24 Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association

A/Prof Jacqueline Drew: Organisational support is critical in moral injury. Moral injury can result from organisations and communities losing faith in first responders. Organisational betrayal is a critical element. #fmhc24 Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association

A/Prof Jaqueline Drew: Organisational betrayal is a "superfactor" in moral injury. The betrayal then colours every other experience within the organisation. #fmhc24 Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association

A/Prof Jaqueline Drew: There can be a disconnect between the perception of the results of a decision by the executer of the decision and the decision maker. Leaders can make legitimate decisions which have real impacts on those below them creating moral injury. #fmhc24 Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association

Zach Steel: Morality is like an alarm system. Individuals can become trapped in the alarm and not complete processing the moral experience. #fmhc Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association

Chaplain Rob Sutherland: Moral Injury is more likely to lead to suicide and suicidal thoughts than PTSD alone. In Moral injury there is a fundamental and existential interruption in the beliefs system. #fmhc24 Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association

Thank you Luther for your wonderful Welcome to Country. Welcome to the 2024 Frontline Mental Health Conference on the beautiful Gold Coast! #FMHC24 The event theme: The #Frontline Sector, Uniting to make Mental Health and Wellbeing a Priority, reinforces the vision behind the

Opening up #FMHC24 is our keynote panel workshop on 'Empowering Frontline Resilience: Tackling Moral Injury Together'. With Tara Lal AFSM Fire and Rescue NSW, Dr Nikki Jamieson, Prof Zachary Steel St John of God Health Care, A/Prof Jacqueline Drew, PhD Griffith University and Chaplain Rob Sutherland CSC

Learning all about using traditional Maori healing for wellness in New Zealand Police #fmhc24 Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association

Excited to see our Charles Sturt University paramedicine honours student Olivia Morgan as she presents her research on wellbeing curricula in paramedicine degrees. #fmhc24 Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association

James Maskey: The load on first responders in disasters means they are often last to respond to themselves. #fmhc24 Australian & New Zealand Mental Health Association

Joining us for a quick-fire panel at #FMHC24 is Tara J Lal AFSM Fire and Rescue NSW Dr Sadhbh Joyce (Mindarma), James Maskey Fortem and Dr Buck Reed Charles Sturt University discussing why #selfcare is essential for #firstresponder #mentalhealth

NSW Paramedics: Help the Western Sydney University School of Medicine in an interprofessional study into unmet health need. We need to hear the voice of paramedics in looking at how unmet need can be addressed through health innovation. surveyswesternsydney.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5h…

Here is a recent publication from our team at Charles Sturt University Looking at Fentanyl & morphine in STEMI internationaljournalofparamedicine.com/index.php/ijop… #paramedicine

Hi paramedic folks. My colleague Rob Bear is doing an important study on mental health education in paramedicine. Go and participate! paramedics.org/news/paramedic…

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Australian Paramedics: My masters student, Heidi, is doing a critical study on ramping/offload delays. Please participate in our survey anonymously at this link: csufobjbs.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8w…