WHEN THE UNIFORM COMES OFF, WHO ARE YOU THEN?
Flight Medic Berry shares the reality of life, illness,
and mental health in emergency medicine — and what healing looks like beyond the sirens.
Flight Paramedic
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First Responder Advocate
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Living with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
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Mental Health Speaker
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Flight Paramedic + First Responder Advocate + Living with Chronic Myeloid Leukemia + Mental Health Speaker +
In September 2025, everything stopped.
A career in flight medicine. A sense of identity.
A future that felt certain.
This space exists to talk about what happens when first responders are forced to slow down — and how we rebuild from there.
Flight Medic Berry is Tyler McKinzey — a flight paramedic and first responder who turned his own experiences with the job into a mission to change the conversation around mental health in emergency services.
His work focuses on the parts of first responder life we don't always talk about: burnout, trauma, identity, resilience, leadership, and what happens when the uniform comes off.
What this space is for
The Podcast
Conversations about identity, illness, mental health, and life beyond the uniform.
Speaking + Workshops
Real conversations for first responders, healthcare teams, conferences and expos.
Support + Connection
Resources and community for first
responders navigating change.
His story became a book. Now you can read it for yourself.
MY IFR CONDITION
WHEN YOU CAN'T SEE CLEARLY, TRUST YOUR INSTRUMENTS.
A conversation about what happens when the job changes you — and learning how to recognize when your own internal instruments are telling you something is wrong.
