PTSD- Not Every Workplace Injury Affects The Body

First responders, emergency workers, and law enforcement officers put their lives on the line and their bodies in harm's way on an almost daily basis. As a result, people in these lines of work are frequently subject to injuries on the job. Although most injuries are easy to identify, such as trauma to the body or illnesses acquired on the job, a different type of workplace injury is beginning to gain recognition in British Columbia.

In 2013, a firefighter in Surrey responded to the scene of a hit-and-run accident. The event left the firefighter shaken and traumatized. Though an official diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was not made, it was clear to his family that the man was never quite the same afterwards. In 2015, he committed suicide.