EMT organizes 24-hour walk for EMS workers with PTSD
Dale Bayliss is a Paramedic /Trainer with Beaver EMS as well as an ICU RN at Wetaskiwin Hospital, and he is currently on a mission to bring recognition to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for EMS workers.
He says, “Over the last 30 years I have seen many tragedies and many more deaths with suffering of patients, families and significant others over my career then I can even try to want to count.
“Working EMS and health care I’ve seen accidents, unimaginable bad luck, decisions resulting in loss of life and suffering you can’t fix with any amount of medications.”
Bayliss says of his co-workers, “We get so involved in helping others we forget about ourselves or our own personal health.”
