Mental Health Resilience Officer Workshop
Date/Time:	Sun 5/18/2025 at 8:00 AM
Location:	Saint Clare's Dover Hospital - Training Center
Class Price:	$0.00

Mental Health Resilience Officer Workshop for EMS: Science, Strategies, and Support Tools for the Front Line

Course Description:

This hands-on, EMS-focused workshop is designed to prepare Mental Health Resilience Officers to support the emotional wellbeing and psychological resilience of frontline EMS personnel. With the growing awareness of burnout, compassion fatigue, and cumulative stress in the prehospital environment, this course brings together cutting-edge science, proven techniques, and peer-driven strategies to create a stronger, healthier workforce.

Participants will explore diverse, evidence-based approaches to mental health resilience — including neuroscience, trauma-informed care, and behavioral science — alongside real-world tactics for building and sustaining peer support programs in high-stress EMS settings.

Key Topics Include:

• The biology of stress and trauma in the EMS profession
• Recognizing signs of burnout, PTSD, and moral injury in team members
• Peer support techniques and crisis communication
• Mindfulness, grounding, and tactical breathing tools
• Leadership’s role in psychological safety and culture change
• Stigma reduction and building a mental health-positive environment
• Lessons learned from current research and case studies in EMS resilience

This workshop is ideal for EMS providers, field training officers, peer support team members, supervisors, and anyone tasked with supporting mental health and wellness within an EMS agency. Attendees will walk away with practical skills, fresh insights, and a toolkit for fostering resilience in themselves and others.