Tag: grounding
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Pain Assessment 101: Essential Tools for Student Paramedics
Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience arising from actual or potential tissue damage. It’s a built-in alarm system, alerting us to potential harm and prompting us to seek treatment. This intricate system involves a complex interplay between nerves, the spinal cord and the brain, ultimately resulting in the perception of pain. Pain Assessment…
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Beat Student Paramedic Stress: Evidence-Based Grounding Methods
Paramedics often face high-stress situations that can evoke intense emotions. Effective management of these emotions is crucial for maintaining focus and delivering optimal patient care. Grounding techniques, rooted in cognitive-behavioural therapy and mindfulness practices, offer paramedics valuable tools to navigate these emotional challenges. Unmanaged Emotions on Student Paramedics A 2021 study published in the Journal…