EMS One Stop: Resilience and beyond

EMS One Stop: Resilience and beyond

From EMS One-Stop by emsonestop

January 29, 2026 · 31 min · Episode 92

About this episode

This episode features a discussion on resilience, burnout, and the importance of peer support in EMS with John Sammons.

In this episode of EMS One-Stop, host Rob Lawrence welcomes John Sammons, an advanced practice paramedic with Wake County EMS, a peer support team member and a key leader in the NAEMT Lighthouse Leadership Program. John sits at the intersection of system design and human performance, helping build the kind of operational and cultural scaffolding that keeps clinicians effective, healthy and coming back tomorrow. In this episode of EMS One-Stop, host Rob Lawrence welcomes John Sammons, an advanced practice paramedic with Wake County EMS, a peer support team member and a key leader in the NAEMT Lighthouse Leadership Program. John sits at the intersection of system design and human performance, helping build the kind of operational and cultural scaffolding that keeps clinicians effective, healthy and coming back tomorrow. | MORE: Peer support teams: How to build trust and maximize effectiveness This week’s conversation goes beyond “be more resilient” and into the practical realities of burnout, moral injury, mentoring and culture, including the role of frontline and unofficial leaders in shaping what “normal” looks like inside an agency. John also shares the Wake County approach to…

People in this episode

Host: Rob Lawrence

Guest: John Sammons

Topics covered

  • resilience
  • burnout
  • peer support
  • mentoring
  • culture
  • human performance

Keywords

  • resilience
  • burnout
  • peer support
  • mentoring
  • human performance
  • EMS
  • leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wake County EMS, NAEMT Lighthouse Leadership Program

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