Midstate EMS CISM Team

12/10/2025

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12/10/2025

Are you thinking about becoming a Paramedic but can’t figure out where the $$ is coming from….
HERE IS AN OPERTUNITY….

12/07/2025

We can all take action to prevent su***de.
Understanding the issues concerning su***de and mental health is an important way to take part in ***dePrevention help others in crisis, and change the conversation around su***de: 988lifeline.org/learn/

12/04/2025

Are you an EMT? Do you belong to an EMS agency in the Midstate EMS region? If so, are you ready to take the next step in your emergency medical services journey? This is your opportunity to apply for a scholarship that can help you enroll in an AEMT class!

Thanks to a generous SAMHSA grant awarded to the Old Forge Volunteer Ambulance Corps, we are proud to offer enhanced access to training and education in the Midstate EMS region. This grant has created a dedicated training fund to support passionate individuals aspiring to join the 2026 MVHS EMS AEMT Original Class.

Seize this opportunity! The application deadline is December 15, 2025. Your applications will be carefully reviewed, and selected candidates will be notified in December. Together, let’s advance your skills and make a lasting impact in your community!

AEMT Scholarship Link:
https://forms.gle/RrmrXt5VmghoUnK67

11/20/2025

Deadline for agencies to apply for the cares up grant is Dec 3rd, 2025. Get your applications in now before it’s too late.

11/20/2025

If you or someone you know is struggling, please reach out. We are hear to listen. The national su***de crisis hotline number is 988, they are available 24/7, 365.

11/18/2025

MHANYS on the Move! 🚑🧠

Last week, MHANYS, together with our partners at the New York State Department of Health, Bureau of EMS & Trauma Systems through the State EMS Resilience Officer Wellness Pilot, welcomed 20 representatives from EMS agencies across New York State for an intensive two-day training.

Participants earned certifications in:
🔥 Mental Health First Aid for Fire and EMS
🛟 SafeTALK Su***de Alertness Training
🔬 Science of Addiction and Recovery

Featured here: State EMS Director Ryan Greenberg addressing the group during Mental Health First Aid training, reinforcing the State’s commitment to strengthening mental health literacy, su***de prevention skills, and resilience within the EMS workforce.

This training is part of a year-long EMS Resilience Officer Fellowship, designed to equip selected EMS professionals with the skills, tools, and support needed to build sustainable peer support and wellness initiatives in their agencies.

We’re proud to stand alongside the State EMS team in building a stronger, healthier, more resilient EMS community across New York 💚

Check out training on our website: mhanys.org

09/13/2025

07/16/2025

CISM training opportunities.

🚨 Now Open for Registration! 🚨
Join us virtually July 28–30 for the ICISF Assisting Individuals in Crisis & Group Crisis Intervention course.

This 3-day training is ideal for first responders, peer support teams, and crisis professionals looking to build skills in emotional first aid, defusing, and Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD).

🗓️ July 28–30, 2025
🕘 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Virtual)
💻 Register here: https://mhanys.org/registration-icisf/
💵 $300 per person

07/07/2025

🚨 First Responders!
Want to make a difference behind the scenes? We're gearing up to launch our new text message-based peer support program, and we need experienced first responders like you to join our team as Peer Support Advocates. Our next virtual training session is coming up soon, on July 26 and 27 (9am-1pm both days). Don't miss out, this will be the last session for a while!!

Apply at pwcnny.org/peervolunteer

05/13/2025

May is a time to raise awareness of those living with mental or behavioral health issues and to help reduce the stigma so many experience. Hospitals and health systems play an important role in providing behavioral health care and helping patients find resources available in their community. If you know someone or you yourself need help, please feel free to reach out and we can connect you to the people who can help. It’s ok to not be ok.

04/25/2025

The Ones Who Showed Up
By: Sophie Fuller

We don’t get here alone. None of us. Behind every competent medic is someone who stayed after a shift to walk them through the hard calls, the messy feelings, the why-didn’t-I-do-it-different moments. Not a PowerPoint. Not a protocol update. A person.

Mentorship in EMS doesn’t wear a name tag or introduce itself formally. It looks like a glance across the bench seat that says, You’ve got this. It sounds like, You did everything right, even when the outcome says otherwise. It’s someone handing you a Gatorade instead of a lecture after your first rough code. It’s the partner who lets you cry on the ride back and still treats you like a badass afterward.

In this job, growth doesn’t come from climbing a ladder—it comes from being built. Brick by brick, mistake by mistake, call by call. And the builders? They’re the ones who remember what it felt like to be new. Who don’t gatekeep the lessons they learned the hard way. Who teach not because it’s in their job description, but because someone once did it for them.

The best mentors don’t demand your respect—they earn it, in the quiet way they lead, in how they treat the most difficult patients, in how they never make you feel small for asking questions. They correct without humiliating. They push without punishing. They protect you—not from the work, but from the self-doubt that comes with it.

You don’t always get to choose your mentor in EMS. Sometimes it’s the salty old medic you were warned about. Sometimes it’s the EMT with fewer certs but twice the heart. Sometimes it’s someone you’ll never see again—but in one call, they change how you’ll do the job forever.

And when it’s your turn, you pay it forward. Because you remember what it felt like to not know. And you remember who showed up anyway.

I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t in tears while writing this— because it matters, it changed me, it built me.