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Every time Anita Hyatt turns up at a family s doorstep, she becomes entwined in the medical emergency and all the emotions that come with it. The pattern is a way of life for the Mackay mum who has been a paramedic for 11 years. She, together with her veteran son, Dylan Hyatt-Jackson, have thrown their support behind the Daily Mercury s Hub for Our Heroes campaign to build a veterans and first responders wellness centre at Kinchant Dam. Australia s oldest-surviving Victoria Cross recipient and Vietnam War hero Keith Payne, along with Sir Peter Cosgrove, are patrons of Dr Peter Wirth s PTSD Frontline which is spearheading the project. ....
Every time Anita Hyatt turns up at a family s doorstep, she becomes entwined in the medical emergency and all the emotions that come with it. The pattern is a way of life for the Mackay mum who has been a paramedic for 11 years. She, together with her veteran son, Dylan Hyatt-Jackson, have thrown their support behind the Daily Mercury s Hub for Our Heroes campaign to build a veterans and first responders wellness centre at Kinchant Dam. Australia s oldest-surviving Victoria Cross recipient and Vietnam War hero Keith Payne, along with Sir Peter Cosgrove, are patrons of Dr Peter Wirth s PTSD Frontline which is spearheading the project. ....
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Premium Content Frontline responders are more than twice as likely to be suicidal than other adults. Their exposure to traumatic and graphic scenes in their roles as paramedics, police officers, firefighters, electrical workers, doctors, nurses and more can be debilitating. A BeyondBlue survey of more than 21,000 first responders found more than one in four experienced probable post-traumatic stress disorder, a condition impacting their lives and that of their families. Plans that would make Mackay a revolutionary health and wellness hub for veterans and first responders to treat post-traumatic stress are progressing through a partnership with PTSD Frontline and ReNew Mackay, a locally-led private consortium. ....