Public safety professionals are the first on the scene and often place their own safety on the line to provide assistance, support and medical care when people in the community need it most. Unfortunately, continued exposure to these events can take its toll. Combined with the physical strain, the nuisances, and long hours, the demands of the profession can have a negative impact on mental health and lead to the development of unhealthy coping mechanisms.
At First Responder Wellness, we understand the unique challenges you face because we’ve been there. We also know that you’re not alone — an estimated 30 percent of first responders develop a behavioral or mental health disorder during their service, but few seek the help they so readily give to others. This trauma will often lead to self-medication which often only masks the symptoms and will often get worse over time. Based on the client’s assessment, they will enter Detox for stabilization before continuing to subsequent treatment phases that include Residential and Outpatient.
Detox is often the first step to recovery that helps prepare you for the road ahead. Mental health stabilization and/or detox for alcohol or other substances can have lasting effects that change the way you think and feel, and some substances cause uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms. Detox helps to counteract these effects by clearing toxins from the body, safely managing any symptoms you experience so you can regain your strength and begin to make meaningful progress toward recovery. It’s a demanding process, but you will receive a thorough assessment upon intake that evaluates your substance use history, mental health needs and more to ensure that you receive the appropriate level of care. Our experienced providers will then develop an individualized treatment plan that addresses your specific symptoms and minimizes discomfort.
Detox is an important part of the recovery process that is highly recommended for anyone that needs mental health stabilization and/or medically supervised detox for alcohol and controlled substances. Breaking the cycle of addiction is extremely difficult without completing this crucial first step and relapse rates are high among those who try to quit “cold turkey” or detox on their own.
For many, a professional, medically supervised detox can mean the difference between long-term recovery and relapse. The intense cravings and uncomfortable symptoms that arise when alcohol or substance use is reduced or stopped often prevent people from successfully detoxing on their own, continuing the cycle of addiction despite the consequences. Providing a place where alcohol and other addictive substances can be safely eliminated from the body under medical supervision dramatically increases the chances of a successful detox while building a foundation for lasting recovery.
At First Responder Wellness, we take the time to develop personalized treatment plans for each client. Our dedicated providers are experienced in managing a range of withdrawal symptoms and will ensure that you’re comfortable throughout the process. With medical supervision, therapeutic treatments and a distraction-free environment, you’ll be able to focus on healing and prepare for what comes next.
Depending on your individual needs, our treatment plans and length of stay are flexible. A variety of factors can influence how long it takes for you to detox and our goal is to ensure that you feel ready to transition into the next phase of your recovery.
If you or a loved one is a first responder struggling with mental and behavioral health concerns, First Responder Wellness is here to help. Our clients receive treatment with our culturally competent treatment team. Contact us today or call 888-443-4898 to learn more about our programs so you can start a journey to a happy and healthy life.
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To fulfill this, we aim to adhere as strictly as possible to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 (WCAG 2.1) at the AA level. These guidelines explain how to make web content accessible to people with a wide array of disabilities. Complying with those guidelines helps us ensure that the website is accessible to all people: blind people, people with motor impairments, visual impairment, cognitive disabilities, and more.
This website utilizes various technologies that are meant to make it as accessible as possible at all times. We utilize an accessibility interface that allows persons with specific disabilities to adjust the website’s UI (user interface) and design it to their personal needs.
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Our website implements the ARIA attributes (Accessible Rich Internet Applications) technique, alongside various different behavioral changes, to ensure blind users visiting with screen-readers are able to read, comprehend, and enjoy the website’s functions. As soon as a user with a screen-reader enters your site, they immediately receive a prompt to enter the Screen-Reader Profile so they can browse and operate your site effectively. Here’s how our website covers some of the most important screen-reader requirements, alongside console screenshots of code examples:
Screen-reader optimization: we run a background process that learns the website’s components from top to bottom, to ensure ongoing compliance even when updating the website. In this process, we provide screen-readers with meaningful data using the ARIA set of attributes. For example, we provide accurate form labels; descriptions for actionable icons (social media icons, search icons, cart icons, etc.); validation guidance for form inputs; element roles such as buttons, menus, modal dialogues (popups), and others. Additionally, the background process scans all the website’s images and provides an accurate and meaningful image-object-recognition-based description as an ALT (alternate text) tag for images that are not described. It will also extract texts that are embedded within the image, using an OCR (optical character recognition) technology. To turn on screen-reader adjustments at any time, users need only to press the Alt+1 keyboard combination. Screen-reader users also get automatic announcements to turn the Screen-reader mode on as soon as they enter the website.
These adjustments are compatible with all popular screen readers, including JAWS and NVDA.
Keyboard navigation optimization: The background process also adjusts the website’s HTML, and adds various behaviors using JavaScript code to make the website operable by the keyboard. This includes the ability to navigate the website using the Tab and Shift+Tab keys, operate dropdowns with the arrow keys, close them with Esc, trigger buttons and links using the Enter key, navigate between radio and checkbox elements using the arrow keys, and fill them in with the Spacebar or Enter key.Additionally, keyboard users will find quick-navigation and content-skip menus, available at any time by clicking Alt+1, or as the first elements of the site while navigating with the keyboard. The background process also handles triggered popups by moving the keyboard focus towards them as soon as they appear, and not allow the focus drift outside it.
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Despite our very best efforts to allow anybody to adjust the website to their needs. There may still be pages or sections that are not fully accessible, are in the process of becoming accessible, or are lacking an adequate technological solution to make them accessible. Still, we are continually improving our accessibility, adding, updating and improving its options and features, and developing and adopting new technologies. All this is meant to reach the optimal level of accessibility, following technological advancements. For any assistance, please reach out to