How to Survive Ptsd and Build Peer Support : 1799455 Ont. Inc. : 9780988131644 : 0988131641 : 09 Sep 2013 : In this revised edition, there is information for both police and emergency services recruiters, trainers and college/university professors who prepare people to work in police and emergency services and other stress-related environments. This book provides 25 teaching points and insightful techniques to address the correlation between recruiting and new recruit-training practices, and the ability of employees and organizations to address trauma within the workplace, as well as build peer support. These techniques were acquired over 10 years of recruiting and training, when Syd was the officer-in-charge, and 22 years as a PTSD survivor. It also includes the five key questions that senior police and emergency services executives should ask to help their employees survive trauma and address post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). As in 56 Seconds, Syd shares his story, and what he l