What is Trauma?
- Home Stress
- Work Stress
- Specific Events at either
- Is relative to the individual and the organization
How Does Trauma impact the workplace?
- Productivity
- Engagement
- Recruitment and retention
- Culture
- Can be compounding
- Background of Public Service initiatives to address trauma
- Programs used in Public Service to address trauma
- How to hardwires similar programs in your workplace
Presented by James Marstall and Josh Gering with Riley County EMS. James has worked in pre-hospital emergency medicine for eleven years with a diverse experience in both rural and suburban response models. He has maintained clinical success as a healthcare provider and responder while cultivating a reputation as a skilled leader in ancillary departmental assignments centered around employee/organizational wellness. He has pivoted departmental successes in employee wellness to establish himself as a founding member of a statewide EMS initiative on Peer Support programs and processes.
Josh Geiring has worked in public safety, specifically pre-hospital emergency medicine for nearly eleven years with the last five spent as a leader in department administration. He is interested in and has a passion for innovative and efficient operations, evidence based clinical practices, and community/patient advocacy. Josh has found success as a leader in healthcare by being skilled at identifying, evaluating, and implementing change at an organizational level and positively impacting the strategic direction of the team.
