General Trauma-Informed Care Education
Redefining Collegiate EMS Practice Through a Trauma-Informed Lens (JCEMS) — https://www.collegeems.com/redefining-collegiate-ems-practice-through-a-trauma-informed-lens/
SAMHSA Guide for Implementing a Trauma-Informed Approach — https://store.samhsa.gov/sites/default/files/pep23-06-05-005.pdf
SAMHSA's Guidance for Trauma-Informed Organizations (video) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-i4KT6F71X8
What EMS Needs to Know About Trauma-Informed Care (NAEMT) — https://www.naemt.org/docs/default-source/2017-publication-docs/what-ems-needs-to-know-about-trauma-informed-care.pdf
Trauma-Informed Care Interventions in Emergency Medicine: A Systematic Review — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9183774/
Trauma-Informed Care in Action — https://www.traumainformedcare.chcs.org/trauma-informed-care-in-action/
TED Talk: The Paradox of Trauma-Informed Care (video) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFdn9479U3s
TED Talk: Being Informed to Trauma (video) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTilyD5vzYU
Vulnerable & At-Risk Populations
Emotional Distress and Trauma Across At-Risk Populations — https://www.samhsa.gov/find-help/disasters/at-risk-populations
Trauma-Informed Care for Children in the Ambulance: International Survey of Prehospital Providers — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC5328382/
Medical Trauma in LGBTQIA+ Youth: Adapting Clinical Practices — https://journals.healio.com/doi/10.3928/19382359-20210818-02
Population Health and Trauma-Informed Practice — https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7006880/
Racial and Ethnic Disparities in PTSD — https://www.ptsd.va.gov/publications/rq_docs/V31N4.pdf
Debriefing & Responder Well-Being
A Primer on Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) — https://icisf.org/a-primer-on-critical-incident-stress-management-cism/
Debriefing Tips for EMS Professionals — https://www.jems.com/ems-training/debriefing-tips-for-ems-professionals/
10 Things EMS Providers Need to Know About Wellness and Fitness — https://www.pulsara.com/blog/10-things-ems-providers-need-to-know-about-wellness-and-fitness
Guide to Building an Effective EMS Wellness and Resilience Program (NAEMT) — https://www.naemt.org/docs/default-source/ems-preparedness/naemt-resilience-guide-01-15-2019-final.pdf
Responding with Resilience: Mental Wellness in EMS (video) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lilVQzkfqr4
TED Talk: The Effects of "Suck It Up" Culture (video) — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0o7zNLNGqY
Building a Trauma-Informed Culture
Vicarious Trauma Toolkit: Tools for EMS — https://ovc.ojp.gov/program/vtt/tools-ems
Driving and Sustaining Trauma-Informed Organizational Change: The Role of Healthcare Leadership — https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772632025000285
Trauma-Informed Organizations — https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK207204/
Effective Communication Practices
Patient Communication: Practical Strategies for Better Interactions — https://www.aafp.org/pubs/fpm/issues/2022/0300/p12.html
The 7 Cs of Communication in EMS — https://www.ems1.com/ems-products/communications/articles/the-7-cs-of-communication-in-ems-v54NymZNvNi16stM/
TIDES: Trauma-Informed De-escalation Education for Safety and Self-Protection — https://www.camh.ca/en/education/tides
Collaborative Communication During Escalated Situations (infosheet) — https://www.camh.ca/-/media/images/all-other-images/covid-19-professionals/tidesinfosheetcollabcomm-pdf.pdf