EMS Today 2019

Surviving PTSD - with EMS as my Light in the Darkness (Room National Harbor 5)

22 Feb 19
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

Tracks: Responder Resiliency & Support

What makes all the difference when facing the adversity and PTSD that life has handed you is how you choose to react to it. Stefanie Miller, A-EMCA, an Ontario, Canada, paramedic, wore a “mask” because she was afraid of what others would think. The stigma was holding her back. after suffering silently for seven years, Stefanie, was formally diagnosed with PTSD and found strength and comfort in paramedicine. She has been able to work through most of her post traumatic stress, as a wife, mother, successful paramedic and now also serves as a highly sought-after motivational speaker. Come hear her amazing success story.