One of the guys in our office had a heart attack in the lunchroom one day. Two of us performed CPR until the paramedics arrived.
I have never seen two people care less about their jobs or the outcome as I have in these two individuals.
For all they cared, it was just a piece of meat lying on the floor.
In fairness, I must praise the two paramedics who treated and transported my eighteen-year-old daughter when she collapsed from an asthma attack.
My daughter had never before had such an attack and didn't read the symptoms properly. She was just losing consciousness when the paramedics arrived.
The two young men followed their procedures for such a case and were on the last step in their attempt to revive her. Neither had ever lost a patient so young and both were extremely attentive to her even after she was taken to the emergency room. Her life was definitely hanging in the balance and these two paramedics made the difference.
But, of course, this was in the U.S. and my insurer paid every penney required to provide that service.
If you want a real eye opener take a look at the
pay scales of EMTs. I had a friend who was one in
Alabama, it was shocking how little he was paid.
I made more as a steel fabricator than he did.
You’re trusting your life to these guys and they
don’t get paid worth a damn.
Has anyone in your office considered writing a letter to your local paper to that effect?