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"Horrific accidents, savage beatings, murder, suicide, autoerotic deaths, overdoses, burned and mutilated bodies: these are nearly every day occurrences for the extraordinary women and men who work in emergency services fields. These selfless individuals are exposed to things the everyday person rarely, if ever, sees. Yet, the men and women who sacrifice family and self-are often taken for granted - or treated as if their work doesn't matter. In worst cases, they are treated like the bad guys. Over time, an accumulation of these experiences allows the slippery tentacles of depression, anxiety, PTSD, and Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder, a/k/a Compassion Fatigue, to grip the minds, bodies, and souls of those who serve. 911 Operators, police, fire, EMS, death investigators, coroners, and others need to know they are not alone. C.O.D.E. addresses this reality in a real, raw, and relevant way, telling stories inspired by true events and authentic cases. Powerful tips at the end of each chapter offer hope, encouragement, and healing methods - real help for the hurting people who give their all."--Back cover.
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Anita Agers-Brooks, CPT, CLTF, CCS, Motivates 21st-century women and men to dynamic break-throughs, blending mind, heart, body, and spirit, as an Inspirational Business/Life Coach, International Speaker, Certified Personality Trainer, and Common Trauma Expert. Tune into her podcast, Tending Your Dreams, beginning March 2018. A multi-published, award-winning author, Anita's titles reach a wide range of audiences in the Christian and general marketplaces. Her books include the Amazon Best Seller and Readers' Favorite International Award Winner, Getting Through What You Can't Get Over, Barbour Publishing. Her next book, Exceedingly: Stories, Skills, and Strategies for Unearthing Your Abundant Purpose, release in 2019 with Kregel Publishing. You can find her titles at most bookstores and online retailers. Anita fulfills her mission to help people make fresh starts with fresh faith, sharing hope and healing from the page and the stage. Connect and keep up with Anita on social media or at anitabrooks.com. Email anita@anitabrooks.com for more information or to inquiries about having her speak to your group Darren Dake, D-ABMDI, CI, CCI Is a national speaker, author, and the founder of the Death Investigation Training Academy (DITA), and CoronerTalk(TM) podcast. He began his career in public service in 1986 when he joined the ranks of the United States Army Military Police. After serving for several years, he left military service as a Gulf War Veteran and began a life-long journey in civilian law enforcement. Darren has worked in the capacity of jail/detention officer, street patrol, as a detective sergeant and then lieutenant commander of a criminal investigation division. Throughout the past twenty years, Darren has also served as an investigator for the coroner's office in his county, and after retiring from full-time law enforcement, he continued to work as a Coroner/MDI investigator. Darren is a certified instructor for the Law Enforcement Learning Center and American Board of Medicolegal Death Investigators (ABMDI). Darren Dake, D-ABMDI, CI, CCI ditacademy.org Retired law enforcement officer, present-day coroner Founder of the Death Investigation Training Academy and the Coroner Talk podcast
