05/06/2026
🚑💚 **June is PTSD Awareness Month** 💚🚑
We can remember the postcode of a job from six years ago.
We know every ambulance station shortcut, every hospital back entrance, and exactly which crew room kettle takes three attempts to boil.
We can navigate to a rural farm at 3am with nothing more than "it's the one with the sheep."
But ask us where we left the obs bag five minutes ago and we're completely lost.
Ambulance humour keeps us going. The banter, the sarcasm, the endless brew rounds, and laughing about the shift because sometimes it's easier than talking about it.
The truth is that some jobs don't end when the vehicle is restocked.
Some jobs stay with you on the drive home.
Some jobs stay with you years later.
PTSD can affect anyone in the ambulance service, whether you're on the road, in control, student paramedics, technicians, paramedics, ECSWs, dispatchers, call handlers, or support staff.
This PTSD Awareness Month, check in on your crewmate.
The one who's gone quieter lately.
The one who's always "fine."
The one making everyone laugh.
Because sometimes the people who look like they're coping the best are carrying the most.
💚 Look after your crew.
💚 Talk to each other.
💚 Ask for support when you need it.
The job is hard enough. You don't have to carry it alone.
