title: Post-traumatic stress disorder. When the rescuer becomes the victim.
abstract: Many people associate PTSD with veterans of the Vietnam War. But emergency responders are also vulnerable to this condition when trauma takes its psychological toll.
authors: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo.
authors: J
authors: J
authors: O'Rear
mesh_terms: D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States