Enriched with personal case studies, this authoritative text provides EMTs and paramedics with practical advice and self-help techniques for coping with stress and achieving a healthy balance in their professional and personal lives. Addressing the pressures of work, family and patient care, it discusses ways to find more options and make wiser choices whenever a difficult situation arises, and reveals an important series of “control buttons” that can be manipulated within each major life area to prevent or reverse burnout to a large degree.