12 episodes
Code 4 Northwest Code 4 Northwest
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- Health & Fitness
The Code 4 Northwest podcast provides a pragmatic, positive voice for a community of first responders and their families. When your day job is dealing with what is often one of the worst possible days for those you serve, it is vital that your perspectives be accurate and not overshadowed by your day to day experiences. This podcast exists to help restore the balance between perceptions and perspectives by stepping back to see the bigger picture.Code 4 Northwest is an entirely volunteer-run, free and confidential crisis response and referral network for Washington State active and retired first responders, EMS, corrections, civilian support personnel, and their families.
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#12 James Brack-- New Approaches To 1st Responder Wellness.
James Brack is with the Bellevue Police Dept. and is leading their Wellness Program. Combining his own research and working with 1st Responder friendly professionals, new ideas and approaches to wellness are taking shape. Proactive strategies in the area of physical health are showing benefits in the emotional / mental health side. Rather than waiting for issues to develop, getting ahead of and preventing them is a much better payoff. Wah Game Loop by Kevin MacLeodLink:...
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#11 Metabolic Syndrome in First Responders: You Need To Hear This.
Deanna Mehlhoff is a Nurse Practitioner specializing in Metabolic Syndrome--how it affects First Responders and working with them to identify the issues and correct them. If you don't know what this is or even think you do, take a listen. Our line of work is proven to affect our health. This episode is to serve as needed information for your well being and highlights the work of someone who is out there to help you.Deanna's Phone is: 253-924-9955. Her website is: nwhealthservices.o...
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#10 Meggin Gardner- "I had lost control of my life."
In this episode Meggin Gardner discusses her experience as a 911 dispatcher and how the effects of cumulative stress brought her to a tipping point. As the traumas began adding up, her body gave out warning signals. She "soldiered on" being the "tough girl" and self medicating, until the day she was no longer ok. Meggin also gives us an insightful look into the in patient treatment facility she entered. She credits this treatment center and the therapies received for saving her li...
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# 9 Pat Ellis -Chaplain
Pat Ellis is the volunteer coordinator for Code 4 NW and a full time Chaplain for Puget Sound Fire. In this episode you will get a glimpse into his life as a Chaplain. We also discuss the current state of the professional mental health provider system. Code 4 NW is there for those in the 1st responder world. It is an all volunteer network of peers dedicated to be there for our sisters and brothers in need. Music in this episode:Wah Game Loop by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://inco...
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# 8 Devon Edwards - "I One Hundred Percent Intended To Be Dead"
This episode contains explicit language and sensitive subject matter. In 2019, more than 350 Police Officers and Fire Fighters died by Suicide. This is the story of a Police Officer who intended to take her life multiple times but through good fortune, one good supervisor who listened, and making a call to Code4 NW, did not carry it through. Her story includes losing her father to suicide, grieving for an officer who died in the line of duty, two attempts to talk to a fellow...
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# 7 Ben Lunak- "Papercut"
In this episode Ben Lunak, a Police Officer in Colorado Springs Co. and a Marine Combat Veteran , describes his journey from military service to a career in law enforcement. His story includes a traumatic injury and the emotional fall out he experienced afterwards. Transitioning from civilian life to the police force was difficult. EMDR Therapy was instrumental in helping Ben heal. His story is inspirational for all of us and an example of how well EMDR can work.Music:Wah Game Loop by Kevin M...