Dispatched & Dysfunctional

Resources

📚 Resources

When the tones stop, the weight doesn’t. Here are resources that can help you carry it.

🧠 Mental Health & Crisis Support

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline → Call or text 988, or visit 988lifeline.org
Safe Call Now → 1-206-459-3020 | safecallnow.org — Confidential help for public safety employees & families
Code Green Campaign → codegreencampaign.org — Peer support & mental health advocacy for first responders
First Responder Support Network → frsn.org — Programs, retreats, and peer groups for EMS, fire, and law enforcement

📖 Critical-Run™ Projects

Dispatched & Dysfunctional (Podcast) → The real stories, raw and unfiltered.
When the Sirens Are Silent (Book) → First responder survival, trauma, and truth.
Where Skill Meets Chaos – The Critical-Run™ Memoir → Real calls. Real medics. No filter.
Study Guides & Simulation Training → Built by medics, for medics. Visit critical-run.com.

🗣️ Community & Peer Support

Facebook → Dispatched and Dysfunctional (connect, vent, share your story)
Submit Your Story → critical-run.com — Share a call that changed you
Contact the Host → chris@critical-run.com

💬 “I’d rather hear your story than read your eulogy.”

🧠 Need help right now? Don’t wait. Call or text 988.

🧠 Need support right now? Call or text 988 or visit 988lifeline.org. You’re not alone — not in this job, not in this fight.

📱 Follow us on Facebook: Dispatched and Dysfunctional
🌐 Visit: www.critical-run.com to connect, share your story, or just vent
🎤 Got a call that changed you? Submit your story — we’ll carry it with care (and maybe a little dark humor).

⚠️ Disclaimer: This podcast contains graphic content, emotional storytelling, and dark humor based on real-life EMS and first responder experiences. Listener discretion is advised.
Any medical discussion is personal opinion, not medical advice. Always follow your local protocols, medical direction, and training guidelines.

This podcast isn’t about fairy tales. It’s about real calls, real chaos, and the medics who survive both.
Dispatched & Dysfunctional — because sometimes the worst calls… make the best stories.