For that one call, that’s why.
That one call that makes it worth being paid chump change, makes it worth being disrespected by other medical professionals.
That one call that makes wading through the piss and shit and vomit seem like a fair bargain, even if the person whose hurts you mended will never know your name.
And sometimes, you don’t even know it was that one call at the time you ran it.
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There are 4 people who are alive and kicking today because of my time in EMS. I consider those people to be the real reason I am a Paramedic. One of them lives down the road from me and taught my wife in bible school when she was a teenager.
Just had one of these moments. 21 y/o male, cardiac arrest from undiagnosed WPW. He's awake and talking to his parents now, with some short term memory loss and a few broken ribs.
Just had one of these moments. 21 y/o male, cardiac arrest from undiagnosed WPW. He's awake and talking to his parents now, with some short term memory loss and a few broken ribs.