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You become a small town EMT so you can help people.
They don't tell you that a bit of you dies each time there is a bad one. Eventually you don't have any left.
It's a bitch. My daughter was an ER nurse for 8yrs. She landed there fresh out of university & getting her degree. Early on, she had to zip an infant into a body bag that was killed by it's father and face going to court to testify. Events like that change people.
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You become a small town EMT so you can help people.
They don't tell you that a bit of you dies each time there is a bad one. Eventually you don't have any left.
It's a bitch. Seek some sort of help. Do not internalize it in silence and let it eat you up.
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Daughter got her EMT cert and is volunteering. Thankfully no bad calls yet. Don’t know if she’s ready for what she may be exposed too though. Very few men at the squad Shes at, mostly college girls like her.
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Campfire Kahuna
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Jim, everything has a cycle.
You'll know when to move on. BTDT.
Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!
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You become a small town EMT so you can help people.
They don't tell you that a bit of you dies each time there is a bad one. Eventually you don't have any left.
It's a bitch. There is bad everywhere... There is good everywhere... Your willingness to step in the arena with every call... speaks volumes about your character. I am 100% certain... your commitment to YOUR PEOPLE... saves many Lives/Souls. --------------------------- There have been many ambulances and undertakers in my world... I try to thank each one... Can't always, but I try. Same as I thank you for Serving... Goodwill/Service and Honor... Not much else really matters...
If you are not actively engaging EVERY enemy you encounter... you are allowing another to fight for you... and that is cowardice... plain and simple.
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Your community is better off for what you do Jim.
Unsung heroes.
Especially rural counties.
County i live in has no paid fire services. Somewhat limited ambulance services.
Luckily several years back air care became available.
They can scoop up a person and have them @ university in JXN in time to make a difference.
But it’s the first responders that truely make a difference.
Dave
�The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz
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I have been in EMS almost 20 years and completely understand. It seems like people are getting crazier than ever before and most could care less about anyone but themselves.
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Used to ice fish a certain spot regularly that a couple of firemen/first responders worked as well. Had a shanty set up there, we hung out more than a little waiting on flags to pop. Sometimes they’d talk shop and I’d just kind of shut up and listen. Pass a bottle. Horrors….
Feel for ya.
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Campfire Kahuna
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My dad said that he would call it a day when he started having nightmares, 13 years later he walked, his was a little 4 year old boy that ran out in front of a chevy 3/4 ton pickup driven by my bud Dave who's dad was also a volunteer Fireman.
What a fugging mess that was, I've never seen so many grown men crying at once.
Just remember, for each one you save a little piece of them stays with you.
Good luck.
Paul
"I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D.
Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards.
molɔ̀ːn labé skýla
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Thanks for your service to humanity!
"Don't believe everything you see on the Internet" - Abraham Lincoln
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... They don't tell you that a bit of you dies each time there is a bad one. Eventually you don't have any left. ... Prayers lifted for you and your family and your EMS family. Spent 15 years as a rural EMT. Absolutely, one of the best things I have done in life. And at times, some of the worst experiences in my life. Do what you gotta do to take care of yourself both physically and mentally. Then take care of your family. The EMS work will always be there. Again, prayers lifted...
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Our nephew was a firefighter and one rainy night he went on a call for a bad accident. It was one of his friends. Bad night. Yeah, it's hard on the people that have to pick up the pieces. God Bless.
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Not everyone is able to do that job for a lifetime. I want to thank you for helping others - the world as a whole is a better place for it.
A person who's happy will make others happy. Anne Frank
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Thanks for what you do. Not many have the desire ot aptitude.
The cow is where you are, the bull is where you want to be.
No one gets something for nothing unless someone else got nothing for something.
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Many thanks to you and all EMT/Emergency workers Jim.
Try to focus on the good if you can, over the years many will be saved by yourself and others.
FJB & FJT
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Damn Jim, you have been shouldering some heavy burdens of late.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744
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I'm very sure there are many who are individually very grateful for your service. If you are in a bad spot reach out to the help that is available.. I'm a volunteer FF and EMR. Sometimes you got to step back, take a deep breath, and talk with someone. God bless.
Last edited by Featherweight6555; 09/27/22.
"Aim right, squeeze light" " Might as well hit what you're aiming at, it kicks the same whether you miss or not" NRA Life, GOA
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Damn Jim, I hope it was nobody I know up there.
Even in this size MT town I've gone to a LOT of funerals.Too many of them kids.
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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Many thanks to you and all EMT/Emergency workers Jim.
Try to focus on the good if you can, over the years many will be saved by yourself and others. +1. Also, look at the bright side--you're not a big city EMT.
A wise man is frequently humbled.
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Jimbo;
Your character shows, in that, you care enough do do it !
Much kudos to you.
Paul.
"Kids who grow up hunting, fishing & trapping, do not mug little old Ladies"
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