Getting Through the Toughest Calls
After the Call
Help for First Responders Dealing with Trauma, Loss, and Moral Injury
About the Book
Help When It’s Needed Most
After the Call: A First Responder’s Guide to Processing Trauma, Loss, and Moral Injury was written for you. If you’re a police officer, firefighter, EMT, paramedic, dispatcher, corrections officer, or other emergency responder, this book is designed to help. You answer the call every day and see things most people never will. However, the emotional weight you carry long after the sirens stop doesn’t have to be carried alone. This compassionate resource recognizes what you’ve experienced and offers practical support for processing that weight.
Every first responder deserves real support long after the call ends.
It’s More Than Just Stress and Burnout
More than a book about stress and burnout, After the Call explores the cumulative impact of trauma, pediatric incidents, suicides, line-of-duty deaths, critical calls, moral injury, compassion fatigue, and the invisible wounds that can develop throughout a career in emergency services. Because these experiences build up over time, this guide offers evidence-informed guidance, reflection exercises, grounding techniques, and practical coping strategies. Through these tools, readers learn how to process difficult experiences, strengthen resilience, protect their mental well-being, and continue serving without losing themselves in the process.
A Companion Tool
The Book Comes With a Mobile App
After the Call pairs with the LCH–After the Call mobile app. Together, they create a complete toolkit for you. The app helps you manage stress, regulate emotions, navigate critical incidents, and build long-term resilience.
What’s Inside
- Evidence-informed guidance
- Reflection exercises
- Grounding techniques
- Practical coping strategies
Get Your Copy of After the Call
Available now for the first responders who answer the call every day.
