PTSD Awareness Day 2024

We have a range of recovery after trauma guides developed with Phoenix Australia that provide information for workers at a time when they need it most. These guides have been developed specifically for paramedics, firefighters, police and health professionals.

We are also proud to make available updated Expert Guidelines, launched in March 2024, to aid the diagnosis and treatment of PTSD for emergency service workers. The guidelines aim to provide treating practitioners, therapeutic providers, and workers compensation groups with updated procedures for best practice when diagnosing or treating emergency services workers with PTSD. The new guidelines provide emergency services workers with PTSD, their families, and carers with a clearer pathway to access specific and required support.

We have a specific area of our website dedicated to helping to protect emergency service workers from the impacts of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and psychological injuries.

Our range of videos, guides, and articles have been developed through collaborations with organisations such as NSW Fire and Rescue, the Black Dog Institute and Phoenix Australia.

EML partnered with nine of Australia’s leading PTSD experts to deliver Expert Guidelines: Diagnosis and Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Emergency Service Workers, a set of evidence-based guidelines on how PTSD should be diagnosed and treated amongst first responders.

We’ve recently updated our helpful support guides which provide contact details for a range of services (both online and in local communities) to support workers and their families. 

Moving your body through exercise has shown to positively impact emotions. You can read more on this topic and watch six helpful videos here.

Through the Mutual Benefits Program, customers receive free access to a range of easily accessible, engaging and topical workplace risk courses through EMlearning.

Psychosocial wellbeing in the workplace remains a key focus for employers in 2024. Our new course, Managing Psychosocial Risks, is now available for employers to learn more about best practise in this area.

Occupational violence and aggression (OVA) is one of the leading causes of trauma in the workplace.

In addition to our free online OVA resources we also provide EML Group customers with access to OVA training through EMlearning and a new OVA Health Check tool crafted to evaluate the risk level of occupational violence and aggression within a workplace. 

Employers can also access a variety self-paced e-Learning topics on mental health related topics such as Managing Mental Health Risks at Work, Managing Psychological Conditions in the Workplace and Bullying & Harassment.

In the wake of the industry wide impact made by Covid-19 restrictions, EML partnered with the AHA SA to support hospitality workers and employers develop wellbeing skills. Listen to the engaging podcast series or download the information sheets today.

Find out more and access resources here.

EML Offers gives employers the ability to access services to help effectively measure and manage their employee’s mental health and wellbeing through technology, consulting, education and training programs.

Through EML Offers, customers can save up to 20% off the advertised rate of:

• FlourishDx – Psychological Health & Safety: Combines technology, consulting, and education to support businesses to understand their psychosocial risks and create psychologically healthy and safe work environments,
• Anna Fergina Consulting – Workplace Mental Health: Provides expert training, consulting, and speaking services on a range of mental health topics to help organisations prevent, promote, and respond to psychosocial risk.
• HSE Global – Mental Health, Safety Culture & Leadership: HSE Global’s consultants assist organisations with training and consulting services in Mental Health and Psychosocial Risk.
• Kineo – Online Training Solutions: Supporting organisations to deliver specific and targeted training solutions for their employees.
• Sonder – Holistic Medical, Safety and Wellbeing Platform: Sonder’s digital care platform combines modern technology with a team of health care experts to give your people 24/7 access to personal care.

Mental health is in the top five of all injuries EML manages and we have invested heavily in prevention, mitigation and rehabilitation to help people get their lives back.

Access the resources in our free mental health collection.

EML is committed to supporting our customers to address the worrying and complex issue of violence in the workplace.

Customers can visit our OVA resources collection to access research, tools and resources to support them prepare for and manage aggressive behaviour in their workplace.

Check out our new OVA Health Check tool, free for EML Group Customers, which has been  crafted to help evaluate the risk level of occupational violence and aggression within a workplace.

Access our free range of posters on a variety of Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) topics to help improve health, safety and return to work outcomes in Australian workplaces. You can even make these posters your own by adding your logo to one of our cobranded poster options.

Our new poster on psychosocial awareness will encourage a positive approach to mental wellbeing in the workplace.