Why did you want your occupation to be in EMS

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Comment by Vernon Tracy on March 22, 2009 at 9:21pm

Before I got into EMS I always stopped at accident scenes to lend a hand whether it was traffic control or just talking to someone while we waited for EMS. I then felt I could do more. Now I keep thinking I could do more ... but at what expense? There is always good and bad with every job. You just are more inclined to do certain jobs I guess. I grew up in a preparing for the Military ... Body, Mind and Soul. Perfect prep for EMS work I say. HOO-RAH!!!.

Comment by ~~Michele~~ on January 18, 2009 at 8:14pm

I joined because I was looking for something new in my life. I like the adventure EMS gives me. I never know where I will end up from day to day. I helped teach a class of brand new EMT's and one of the first things I told them was that some people will die. You can't save them all. However, what makes it worthwile is knowing that you were there for someone intheir time of need. Even if you've lost a patient, but later learn that they were able to donate their organs to someone (if not multiple people) that means we've done our jobs! That is why I am in EMS.

Comment by Pamela on January 5, 2009 at 12:19am

"Do all the good you can, and make as little fuss about it as possible." - Charles Dickens

Comment by Thad on December 31, 2008 at 12:03pm

By the way...boy was doa and the girl died 6hrs later after after a flight to a trauma center. Both parents in the truck charged with negligence and manslaughter.

Comment by Thad on December 31, 2008 at 12:01pm

Ten years ago, I moved back home after a divorce. I had been working offshore and got laid off so I had time and nothing to do. i joined a local VFD to occupy myself. About a week after I joined, the asst. chief and I were doing some maintenance around the shop when a guy drove up and said "you guys with the fire dept?" we told him we were. He said, "somebody just wrecked down the road." So we head out. On scene we see a two vehicle mvc, a minivan and a small pickup truck. the elderly couple in the van were all right however, the pickup had two small children in the back (boy 7 and girl 5). The truck had flipped upside down, turned 180 degrees then righted itself. At this point, the my partner, who was an emt-b at the time started working. I had no idea what to do. It was the most helpless situation I had ever been in. I swore then and there that I would NEVER feel that helpless again. and the rest is history.

Comment by claudette on December 26, 2008 at 10:24am

i think it takes very special ppl to want to do this job cause this job is not really for everyone, but those that really love to do this are very special cause like Mr krembs II said nothing better than having someone come up to u and shake your hand or give you a big hug for saving their lives or one of their loved ones..its breath taking to know you have helped someone and they are truely grateful for what you did for them or their family..that is priceless you cant put a price on that feeling....everyone be safe especially thru the new year coming up.....

Comment by Darren Elrod on December 22, 2008 at 9:38am

I think everyone has a good reason for taking on this career. Most of us are low paid and work long hours. But I think most of us do it because we felt we were called for some reason. If you would have told me 10 years ago I would be a firefighter/emt I would have told you that you were crazy. I owned my own automotive repair shop for 12 years and was going to get married to the women I loved. 1 month before we were going to get married she was killed in a vehicle crash. This was a huge turning point in my life that brought me where I am today. For six months after I lost her it seemed I could not go anywhere that I meet someone that needed medical assistance or I was driving down the road and was first on scene of a wreck. My family told me that somebody maybe trying to tell me something. I joined a local volunteer dept and got my EMT-B and then went fulltime at our towns fire dept. I have never regretted making this career choice and I didn't choose it for the pat on the back or glory of saying I'm a fireman. I made this choice because I felt I had to, and that maybe I could make a difference in someone life.

Comment by Brooke on December 18, 2008 at 4:13pm

I absolutely agree with Barry, our job is all too often not about saving lives but about just being there for someone in their time of need. Whether that time be after losing a loved one, a time of loneliness, pain and regret, or just a time to hold their hand as their life fades away. I think the best part of the job is knowing that because I do what I do someone did not have to face death alone, knowing that because I do what I do someone knows that they are not alone, knowing that because I do what I do a child has a chance to grow up and make a difference in someone else's life.
We can't save all of our patients but we can help everyone of them feel cared for and needed. That way be hard to do with some patients but as long as we try to make even a tiny difference in their lives we have succeeded in doing our job!

Comment by Derek Marois on December 17, 2008 at 11:19pm

I have absolutly no clue why i do this....i guess i just love helping people and im crazy...those are the only reasons i can think of lol be safe!

Comment by Barry Krembs II on December 17, 2008 at 9:37pm

By the way, the teenage boy pinned upside down in the ditch did survive and kept his arm. We were on scene, upside down in the car for an hour in the water with me holding his head up and holding pressure on his arm. If you were wondering.

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