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Sheepdog Lodge was started by firefighter and EMT, Allan Russell, after he saw a need for support in his own workplace.
“The people who we’re targeting, I guess, or want to bring out here are all the places that I worked at, the military, police officers, firefighters, paramedics, EMTs,” he said.
“This place is a place for them to get away, to restart, to recuperate. It’s like hosting someone in your home,” said Russell. “You’re hosted by a veteran or first responder that speaks your language because we have a lot of different acronyms and unless you’ve been there, done that, it’s hard to explain to another person what you’re feeling or how you’re reacting to something but if you’re hosted by, say a paramedic hosting another paramedic they can totally talk the same language.”
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/rustic-re...and-responders-recuperate-from-ptsd-1.2739552
“The people who we’re targeting, I guess, or want to bring out here are all the places that I worked at, the military, police officers, firefighters, paramedics, EMTs,” he said.
“This place is a place for them to get away, to restart, to recuperate. It’s like hosting someone in your home,” said Russell. “You’re hosted by a veteran or first responder that speaks your language because we have a lot of different acronyms and unless you’ve been there, done that, it’s hard to explain to another person what you’re feeling or how you’re reacting to something but if you’re hosted by, say a paramedic hosting another paramedic they can totally talk the same language.”
http://calgary.ctvnews.ca/rustic-re...and-responders-recuperate-from-ptsd-1.2739552
