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FIGURE 2 Potentially Traumatic Events (PTEs) Experienced by EMS Personnel without prior military service.
their civilian EMS counterparts and those without stress syn- strongest predictors of a future suicide attempt and previous
dromes. However, only 4.8% identified as currently being reports have demonstrated a linkage between suicidality and
in counseling. This is alarming given that the proportion of PTSD. 30,37 However, these studies look solely at the veteran’s
veterans who reported suicidality was nearly 14 times higher war-time experience without accounting for the potential of
when compared to those EMS providers without any stress additional exposure to traumatic material in the lives of veter-
syndrome (35.3% vs 2.6%). Suicidal ideation is one of the ans after separating from military service.
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