Queensland Government backs first responders battling #PTSD. Industrial Relations Minister Grace Grace has tabled a Bill amending the Workers’ Compensation & Rehabilitation Act to include #presumptive recognition of PTSD for #firstResponders. @aeasa1981 https://www.facebook.com/ParamedProf/posts/3252127241497673?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARCcfudpoNs3UG3p4eiN8EDScSoAYVzFy_WCxix5AfjEp5juGN9wpVxEYc5QFD6OJmyK0FueZg2dc8HRHF_3MFC9K6HYS1hQ97f0y1L-oljQyY0E-Qk9cno0gqTYBMNrk6Kh1X7N2uUJmZp57JNcAtdM72gjgtmQlcsE4PwQyKVkn9iYTCARYfhXq9KpP0zlvT0LbLjgjRJpcSjwOcI8iuja4IQZcj8gA9p4HggNwBrMKmTrVP0w7uXo-UxUq5soaTwiFxTR1Cw6X_O7Jw2I0yyp0F3Xg0uW4A-BwhaOZDJn2xIRVSsrr2ty8BLhe6C5xm4zVbOoxqLuxjaR6lPrQGSxZg&__tn__=-R

The Minister's media statement. https://bit.ly/30PX4wy 
The new approach to #PTSD will have broad coverage including #police, #ambulance, #paramedics, firefighters, child safety officers, correctional officers, emergency nurses, medical practitioners & emergency #dispatchers.

Read the Hansard record of the Minister's Parliamentary speech on #presumptive recognition of #PTSD here: https://bit.ly/2XTjxXz  @beyondblue @blackdoginst @MonashPHAWRU @LizCrowe2 @FrankGQuinlan @LeoMc76 @NYCEMSwatch @ProfNewtCoP @emschiefs @cmdrbob558 @ChiefMNolan #EMS

The changes follow advocacy & reviews into first responder #Mentalhealth by @beyondblue and a Commonwealth Senate inquiry. #PTSD #stress @EMSWorldNews
Answering the Call: https://tinyurl.com/y8p7o3r2 
Senate Inquiry: https://bit.ly/33RD5Q3 
Paramedics & #PTSD: https://bit.ly/3kEuwOo