Category / Chaplaincy in the News / Public Service
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EMS1: Supporting paramedics after a bad call
From Russ Myers at EMS1: Openly acknowledge the bad calls, create space for people to be human and then get out of the way Chaplain Russ Myers It is immensely valuable to… -
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High Expectations and High Support
This podcast posted by Annals of Emergency Dispatch & Response. Chaplain Russell Myers, Allina Health EMS, talks about the role of chaplains in EMS and emergency dispatch. He discusses research he’s conducted about the most stressful EMS calls… -
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The Benefits of EMS Chaplains
This article originally appeared in the March 2021 issue of EMS World. Reprinted by permission. by Russell Myers A 9-1-1 caller frantically told the dispatcher a 9-year-old child had been seriously injured in… -
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Chaplains between emergency response and mental health
From Eden Teller at SW News Media: When officers arrive at a scene, they’re busy doing their job of investigating, questioning and securing the area. In the cases where someone has died…
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New law enforcement chaplaincy in eastern Idaho
From Rett Nelson, EastIdahoNews.com: “Community chaplains are kind of the entry-level chaplain. Once you’re vetted and accepted you’d receive some training,” Rupp says. “Once they go through the first stage of being…
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Florida chaplain works with first responders’ families
From Mike Holfeld: Veteran Orange County Fire Rescue chaplain Barry Brandon visited the county’s 42 fire stations 500 times in 2019 as part of the first wave of a new health initiative…
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Buddhist fire chaplain joins esteemed list of “first women”
From the Westmoreland Gazette: Jacquetta Gomes is the world’s first ever female Buddhist Fire Chaplain and her milestone achievement has been recorded by academic Carrie de Silva in her inventory of eminent…
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Public Safety Chaplains Receive Mass Casualty Training in Charleston, SC
By Rev. J. Eric Skidmore, South Carolina State Police Chaplain October 11-12, 2019 will be two days of training that public safety chaplain trainees at The College of Theology at Lenoir-Rhyne University will not…
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Webinar recording: Contemporary Muslim Chaplaincy
https://youtu.be/wpcNZlTKJRw Chaplaincy Innovation Lab executive director Michael Skaggs talks with panelists from a wide variety of settings. Guests for this webinar include Samsiah Abdul-Majid, Chaplain, Westchester Medical Center; Abdullah Antepli, Chief Representative…
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Webinar recording: Chaplaincy in Chaplaincy in Higher Education
https://youtu.be/spsDc9yzhDQ Chaplaincy Innovation Lab executive director Michael Skaggs talks with Tiffany Steinwert, Dean of Religious Life at Stanford University; John Schmalzbauer, Blanche Gorman Strong Chair in Protestant Studies at Missouri State University;…
