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Any paramedics out there?
August 23, 2003 | self / vanity

Posted on 08/23/2003 4:17:34 PM PDT by The Other Harry

If there are any paramedics or EMT's out there who happen to see this message, I would like to exchange some email. I am thinking about getting into an EMT training program. Because of my age (55) and lack of experience, I don't know about this.

I used to work for a newspaper and to go out on calls with my camera at various hours, so I do have some idea what would be involved. Not all that pleasant.

But it still seems like a good thing to do. Might even save a life. I just don't know that I can do it.

What I want to know is what the hardest parts are.


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1 posted on 08/23/2003 4:17:34 PM PDT by The Other Harry
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To: The Other Harry
I have a friend who used to do this, he's told me some pretty gruesome stories (says the gerbil story is true, he's even taken some folks in to have dead gerbils dug out--but that's probably more information than you wanted to hear).

Anyway, he liked it at first but it got old fast. He's pretty dissipated now, don't know if it had anything to do with that job. I can't say how hard or stressful it was but I'm sure they need someone like you.

Anyway, here's a bump to the top. Hope you have some more responses.
2 posted on 08/23/2003 10:33:33 PM PDT by Auntie Mame (Why not go out on a limb, isn't that where the fruit is?)
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To: Auntie Mame
I have a friend who used to do this, he's told me some pretty gruesome stories...

Thank you for the answer.

It does get gruesome. It would not be the gerbils tho. They would be the joke.

Picking up the dead body of a 13 year old heroin addict or gunshot wound would be gruesome. I think there is a fair amount of that. That is part of what worries me.

3 posted on 08/23/2003 11:15:16 PM PDT by The Other Harry
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To: Auntie Mame
I have a friend who used to do this...

If you still talk with him, please invite him to talk with me. My email address is hcdotme@ntelos.net

4 posted on 08/23/2003 11:21:25 PM PDT by The Other Harry
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