Many times we don’t make it, whichever the case. I’ve seen people collapse in front of my eyes, some severed limbs and other stuff. More often than not there is going to be people who don’t get out in one piece, or at all. I remember this one highway crash where one of the bodies ended up all squashed under a truck wheel… it was not a pretty sight.
If you want to get into saving lives, know you will see a lot of them lost. And it will not be pretty.
Edit: I only have thanks to everyone who upvoted and gave awards, and to the 50 comments, tbh, I don’t think I can answer them. Live, care for others. Don’t let the world get you down, life is hard, but it can also be better.
My brother is a flight paramedic and has also been on and off of an ambulance for over 10 years. He always drives home the same notion that you encounter some horrifying things as a paramedic that you can’t be prepared for. The ones he has the most trouble letting go of are those that involve children. The stories he’s told me about children were enough to cause me mental anguish and I wasn’t even there…
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u/jery007 Aug 13 '21
Can you imagine being a firefighter who tries that but missed. Oh man, what a hell of a job