{"id":67715,"date":"2020-09-16T00:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T21:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/chirlane-mccrays-covid-19-trauma-program-left-out-emts\/"},"modified":"2020-09-16T00:03:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T21:03:00","slug":"chirlane-mccrays-covid-19-trauma-program-left-out-emts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/chirlane-mccrays-covid-19-trauma-program-left-out-emts\/","title":{"rendered":"#Chirlane McCray\u2019s COVID-19 trauma program left out EMTs"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Chirlane McCray\u2019s COVID-19 trauma program left out EMTs<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n During the height of the city\u2019s coronavirus pandemic in April, New York City First Lady Chirlane McCray went on CNN to decry the high rate of suicide attempts by Emergency Medical Service workers \u2014 nearly six times that of the general<\/a> population.<\/p>\n

She pledged to help the first responders by teaching them combat stress management tactics through a new city-run program called HERO-NY \u2014 nearly five months later, not a single one of the city\u2019s 3,700 FDNY EMS workers have received the training.<\/p>\n

During that time at least three EMTs have committed suicide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese past six months have been really a life-changing event for my men and women,\u201d Oren Barzilay, head of the union that represents FDNY EMTs and paramedics, told The Post.<\/p>\n

\u201cTheir work environment changed from ordinary rescues to a war-zone environment where they were just seeing people in their death beds or on their way to deaths. They need trauma specialists that deal with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. They need battlefield psychiatrists to deal with what they\u2019ve seen and nothing has been provided to us. Nothing after numerous requests,\u201d Barzilay said.<\/p>\n

One Bronx-based paramedic who spoke to The Post on condition of anonymity citing a fear of retribution by city officials, said, \u201cIt\u2019s a department-wide trauma that everyone is suffering and no one has considered the emotional toll.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe city has just turned a blind eye and there\u2019s no accountability for the fact that there\u2019s been no help,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

On April 29, Mayor Bill de Blasio and and his wife, McCray, announced the HERO-NY program in conjunction with the Department of Defense that would train 1,000 health care workers in combat stress techniques.<\/p>\n

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Gabriella Bass<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The city\u2019s public hospital system, Health Hospitals, has trained 380 staffers and the Greater New York Hospitals Association has sent information to various city agencies, but an FDNY spokesman said there have still not been any sessions for their workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe program is available, but we don\u2019t push programs,\u201d an FDNY spokesman told The Post.<\/p>\n

Brian Conway, a rep for Greater New York Hospitals Association that managed the program citywide, said McCray\u2019s embattled $1.25 billion mental health plan, ThriveNYC, was also sent HERO-NY information.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody at ThriveNYC ever said, \u2018How can we help?\u2019 They know we have this issue. They know that PTSD is a major factor,\u201d Barzilay said.<\/p>\n

McCray\u2019s spokeswoman Chanel Caraway confirmed that ThriveNYC hasn\u2019t counseled anyone in combat stress management, claiming that the trainings were the responsibility of Health Hospitals.<\/p>\n

And H H rep Stephanie Guzman said that while 681 staffers from her agency were scheduled to complete the program by the end of the year, the public hospital system was not involved in efforts to help city employees from other departments.<\/p>\n

Despite Caraway\u2019s claim that neither ThriveNYC nor McCray are in charge of HERO-NY, that did not stop the first lady from taking credit for its work during a virtual conference hosted by Mental Health America on Sept. 4.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe were able to help our health care workers who were traumatized,\u201d McCray said at the event. \u201cWe at least had structures in place to give people the kind of attention they needed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gary Miller, a 32-year EMS veteran who retired as a captain in July, said he knew nothing of any efforts by McCray.<\/p>\n

The lack of help for his colleagues spurred him to become a director of the EMS FDNY Help Fund that provides confidential professional help to first responders.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the availability of counseling is the most important thing,\u201d Miller said, adding, \u201cThe psychological emotional toll\u201d of handling COVID-19 calls \u201cis just unbelievable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clinical psychologist and national trauma expert Dr. Isaiah Pickens said EMTs are particularly at risk for self-harm because there\u2019s a \u201chigh level of hopelessness around both the trajectory of the pandemic, but also a sense of helplessness around the pandemic to help people and save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the city\u2019s leadership should simply ask EMS workers, \u201cWhat are the areas where we can help you feel supported?\u201d<\/p>\n

Additional<\/i>\u00a0reporting by Craig McCarthy.\u00a0<\/em>\n <\/div>\n

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