ImageTrend, Inc. announced the release of the third annual CrewCare Report: Health of Our Emergency Responders During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
This volume of the CrewCare Report is comprised of anonymous aggregate first responder data collected largely before and during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2021) from the CrewCare Mobile App and focuses on the stress associated with COVID-19 in the emergency responder community.
Emergency responder industry
Of the many insights found within this year’s report, some of the more significant results include key associations linked to stress levels, coping mechanisms, and the importance of occupational support. The new CrewCare report provides background and an understanding of the overall wellness, both physical and mental, of first responders, but it also provides additional insights on COVID-19 pandemic-related stressors.
The new CrewCare report provides background and an understanding of the overall wellness
“Each year when analyzing the CrewCare data, I find new and valuable information that has the potential to make a difference within the emergency responder industry, and that is what this project is all about,” commented ImageTrend’s Epidemiologist Morgan Anderson. CrewCare was developed out of the growing need for greater awareness concerning mental health as well as the need for additional resources and research needed in the emergency responder industry.
Improving mental health
CrewCare currently provides insight into stress and mental well-being support to over 6,500 first responders and healthcare workers with the goal of providing insights on the life stressors and associated factors related to careers, physical health, support, sleep, mental health, and burnout within the emergency responder community.
While this report focuses on factors associated with stress in the first responder industry, reports can also be created specifically for organizations to look for insights into a collective view of their crews’ aggregate and anonymous information that can allow for further strides in improving mental health.